hungry, selling america. >> we've been a little bit lazy i think over the last couple of decades. >> the symptoms of this crisis of the american spirit are all around us. we've lost our ambition, our imagination. megyn: well, now, president obama is striking back. joining me mou now, brad blakeman, former assistant to george w. bush and dick harpoutlan, democratic chair. apparently the hoopla has gotten a little loud because the president came out as a fund-raiser last week, and quote, sometimes the pundits and newspapers and tv commentators like to talk about how america is slipping and america is in decline. that's not what you feel when you're in asia and he goes on to talk about why, then talks about how we are special and we are exception al. is this a reversal for the president brad and does he state it right when he says it's pundits, newspapers, tv