have been frenemies, but yesterday the two couldn t have been chummier. even if some of it came at the expense of nbc s chuck todd. i thought i had four questions. reiterations. i get four questions, right? look, this is not a kosher question, but don t hog it. i guess i was, my question to you was going to be why do you believe the israeli people have not embraced president obama the same way they embraced our last two u.s. presidents? thank you. so you had to get a polling question in there and write it in, huh? chuck, i mean you re just incorrigible. the laurel and hardy of bilateral press conferences, we ll discuss special relationships and two-state solutions when the new republic s ben birnbaum joins us, next. [ female announcer ] you walk into your laundry room and it just hits you!
which had to do with, do you accept the president s understanding that iran is a year away when it comes to nuclear weapons? and another question i had for you chuck, how many you got? you do this in the israeli press, you say you have one question you see how the young lady from channel one, she had one question, she was very well behaved, chuck? one for you, and these are i thought i had four questions. i get four questions, right? look, this is not a kosher question, but don t hog it. i guess i was my question to you was going to be, why do you believe the israeli people have not embraced president obama the same way they embraced our last two presidents. thank you. so you had to get a polling question in there at the end, huh? chuck, i mean, you re just
not embraced president obama the same way they embraced our last two presidents. thank you. so you had to get a polling question in there at the end? chuck, you re just encourageable. look, opening premise to your question was, that having failed to achieve peace in the middle east, in my first term, that i must have screwed up somehow. and i will tell you, i hope i m a better president now than when i first came into office. but my commitment was not to achieve a peace deal in my first year. or my second year or my third year. that would have been nice. what i said was, i was not going to wait to start on the issue. until my second term, because i thought it was too important. and that exactly what i did.
believe the israeli people have not embraced president obama the same way they embraced our last two u.s. presidents? so you had to get a polling question in there at the end, huh? chuck, you re encouragable. well, look, the opening premises to your question was that having failed to achieve peace in the middle east in my first term that i must have screwed up somehow. and i will tell you, i hope i m a better president now than when i first came into office, but my commitment was not to achieve a peace deal in my first year, second year, third year. that would have been nice. what i said was i was not going to wait to start on the issue until my second term because i thought it was too important. that s exactly what i did.
to me, even if he wins, they are going to be a real night of the long knives as people fight this out. it s really interesting. let me ask you before we go about the mitt romney tape. you saw it at the top of the hour. 47% of the country who are with him who are dependent on government and believe they are victims and the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe they are entitled to health care and food, that s an entitlement and they will vote for this president no matter what. my job is not to worry about those people. i will never convince them they should take personal responsibility. president romney? all i can think of is that polling question they ask, who cares more about people like you? can you wait for the next number in that matchup with obama? people are already voting. ballots have already been cast in north carolina. frank rich, the article is my embed in red.