i mean, i like to expand on things and really get into it. it s, again, easy to forget that the polling in michigan at that time, even among democrats, was don t bail out the auto companies, and, of course, the famous romney editorial. and you think, well, that seems so easy. in hindsight, it wasn t easy. and he you know, the polling people are telling obama don t do, it don t touch it. he says, no, i m going to do this. time and time again, you see him looking past the quick political fix and saying, what is good for the country long term? and now there s millions of people who have jobs because he made that tough decision. and there s a great moment in the movie where you make a cameo at the end, declaring that gm is now the number one car company worldwide in sales. and you see how that finally pays off. but, again, we have such a short-term memory. what s exciting is tonight there
that you could easily put together. yeah, i mean, well, it was a challenge of putting everything in. i mean, i like to expand on things and really get into it. it s, again, easy to forget that the polling in michigan at that time, even among democrats, was don t bail out the auto companies, and, of course, the famous romney editorial. and you think, well, that seems so easy. in hindsight, it wasn t easy. and he you know, the polling people are telling obama don t do, it don t touch it. he says, no, i m going to do this. time and time again, you see him looking past the quick political fix and saying, what is good for the country long term? and now there s millions of people who have jobs because he made that tough decision. and there s a great moment in the movie where you make a cameo at the end, declaring that gm is now the number one car company worldwide in sales. and you see how that finally
as president, the tough decisions that he would make would not only determine the course of the nation, they d reveal the character of the man. the first decision, where to begin? which is one, which is two, which is three, which is four, which is five? where do you start? what i love about the guy, he says, we re going to do them all. because we got to do them all, we don t have a choice to pick. that is from the road we ve traveled a video released tonight on the obama re-election website. joining me for an exclusive interview, the director of that video, davis guggenheim, academy award winning director of an inconvenient truth and waiting for superman. thanks for joining me tonight, davis. i want to go to the scene where you tell the story of how the president approached the decision to go after osama bin laden. let s look at that. and they say, well, 49%
decisions that he would make would not only determine the course of the nation, they d reveal the character of the man. the first decision, where to begin? which is one, which is two, which is three, which is four, which is five? where do you start? what i love about the guy, he says, we re going to do them all. because we got to do them all, we don t have a choice to pick. that is from the road we ve traveled a video released tonight on the obama re-election website. joining me for an exclusive interview, the director of that video, davis guggenheim, academy award winning director of an inconvenient truth and waiting for superman. thanks for joining me tonight, davis. i want to go to the scene where you tell the story of how the president approached the decision to go after osama bin laden. let s look at that. and they say, well, 49% chance he s there, 51%. it s a close call, mr. president.