Keep it in focus, unless we keep reminding ourselves that the stakes in many particular war about as great as they can be, were going lose. And its got nothing to do with whether theres another regulation of the banks or, you know, whether taxes go up on the rich or dont go up on the rich. I dont dont say they are unimportant. They are tactical or intermediated measured involved in a strategic objective that i think barack obama is very clear about, and is determined to pursue and, god help us may it succeed in doing. [inaudible] [laughter] i want to add briefly and commenting on what norman said about those who love america and those who dont love america. I would like to add a quote from bill buck lee showing that how much you could love america [inaudible] and its the line from the genesis of oaks in which he says, this country of ours so crazy and mixed up much of the time, and yet, still worth everything. Well, of course it has flaws. Everything has flaws. E everything human has f
, an event that may have happened and you were very young, but still resonates with a lot of americans. that is the bush and 55 for 47 days is noted the president-elect would be. we had court cases, demonstrations, charges back-and-forth that make even the mud whistling and cable television to the lipton. it was a mess. in the and the supreme court had to intervene. and don t agree it was a 5-4 vote. floridian was miscounting. it was a bow to have. americans never thought an election as legitimate. and then flush presidency and the bad feelings that have come from an. monitoring the election. if there are any irregularities, business, front you can bet that this would go to court. we can only a few thousand votes away from john kerry challenging him on election results, and the could have watched the same process. the dean of american global scientists as we of the sloppy a selection systems of any industrialized democracy. that was true then minister now. we still have time
looking at public opinion, and i was struck by the fact if you ask americans whose the strongest leader barack obama or mitt romney, barack obama wins the contest every time. why do you think this? it s a pretty big gap between the candidates at this time. guest: i was shocked by the public opinion polls that barack obama and i can t see why because the democratic convention the achievement a tactic that is killing them lowden. host: that s the thing most people remember but i also think that obama has been on the front page in terms of foreign policy and retired in terms of the foreign policy that s not what the leader does. guest: leader needs to decide the crisis in the euro that can feel like they ve done. we have a joblessness crisis right here the president could pick the would resonate with the public and championed them instead of taking obscure from the progressive wish list like health care reform. host: we have only a few minutes left. tell us about the big
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