Tennessee. Its great to have you here. I should have my passport stamped. Were about to see the biggest contrast you can a imagine, the president last night in montana, on his way to north dakota, and then of course barack obama in illinois, where he launched it all well, not that far from springfield, illinois, at least. What do we expect to hear from president obama . This is going to be a remarkable split screen, andrea, one that democrats and republicans have been anticipating, some of them dreaming about. What will we hear from former president obama . Were told no one is going to come away from his Speech Thinking that he held his punching. This is going to be a sharp, pointed speech about the state of democracy. He is going to be calling on democrats to get into the fray. I spoke with one of his advisers, who said, look, part of his message will be that democrats dont get engaged
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regardless of race or party, or religion feels they are worth. bret: hyde-smith was appointed to the job last spring after the retirement of the previous congressman. she becomes the first woman elected to congress from mississippi. and in january, republicans will now hold a 53-47 majority, a net gain of two seats from the current senate. former president obama did not campaign in person for espy. he did make a call monday. mr. obama has been pretty visible lately during that lead up to the midterms and afterwards, and he wants to make sure you don t forget about him, or the things he considers his achievements. that s the story tonight from correspondent doug mckelway. the truth was, i was also intent on following a wise american tradition of ex-
there, particularly democrats, who are saying the democrats have no message. they offer nothing, they have no solutions, and they have no message, and there s a reason that they re not going to do well in november, and that s it. is that true? well, president obama s remarks are making waves tonight right now, and they re important. so we re going to actually broadcast and break down the top ten points that obama clearly laid out in his speech today right now. i m going to bring in special guests to help us do that. columnist mike lupica and former dnc chair howard dean. gentlemen, listen first to barack obama making clear he knows he s departing from tradition. truth was i was also intent on following a wise american tradition of ex-presidents gracefully exiting the political stage. i m here today because this is one of those pivotal moments. and howard, he makes it clear why he s doing this, but then in point number two goes beyond
in the white house, i needed to spend some time one on one with michelle if i wanted to stay married. and she says hello, by the way. i also wanted to spend some quality time with my daughters, who were suddenly young women on their way out the door. and i should add, by the way, now that i have a daughter in college, i can tell all the students here, your parents suffer. they cry privately. it is brutal. so please call. send a text. [ applause ] we need to hear from you. just a little something. truth was, i was also intent on following a wise american
following a wise american tradition of ex-presidents gracefully exiting the political stage and making room for new voices and new ideas. we have our first president, george washington, to thank for setting that example. after he led the colonies to victory as general washington, there were no constraints on him really. he was practically a god to those who had followed him into battle. there was no constitution. there were no democratic norms that guided what he should or could do, and he could have made himself all-powerful. he could have made himself potentially president for life. instead, he resigned as commander in chief and moved back to his country estate. six years later, he was elected