Chris Matthews: "The first refrains of 'Give 'em hell, Barry"

[EffieBlack]

Rachel Maddow: "When the President said i intend to take this message to every corner of this country - did you see the look in his eye when he said that? This was a fighting Obama. This was not fighting about policy. This was not fighting about the right way to approach things in the world. This was 'I am willing to fight to get what I think is right and I am a formidable political force.' We have not seen the I am Obama the formidable political force guy in quite some time."

What they said . . .

[boxman15]

1. Rec'd to 0.

Who's unreccing what Maddow said?

[orpupilofnature57]

3. Only a creeper would.

[dennis4868]

4. who?

do you come here on a regular basis? There are thousands of EMOPROGS here.

[demwing]

7. Some people will unrec just because you mentioned the unrec /nt

[orpupilofnature57]

2. Thats what we Hired him to do ,hopefully " the muck stops here ".

[lumberjack_jeff]

5. "Quite some time"? n/t

[bluestateguy]

6. We'll need to see it more and more before that analogy can stick

If he can't be an FDR, then we will settle for a Truman.

People thought he was a wuss in 1947 too. We'll see.