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not a red nation or blue nation. plays right into what david brooks isûj saying because that is the failure of his presidency and the failure when he got re-elected in the second term because he thought maybe he could overcome that. he could overcome the partisan divide which actually has become morris -- has a really interesting piece in which he says we're not like a family and we're not like a business in government. we're kind of like football teams now and we just keep bashing each other to score points. and that was i think he sort of wistful. >> rose: he had just given up on this idea that somehow he by the skills he came into the whitehouse in 2008 could somehow after winning in 2008 and 2009 that he could somehow find the common ground and he could to do all this then he was so discouraged he sort of gone back to maybe where hisqb roots were and competitiveness was. i(pyn add to that this noise that he evidently was enormously depressed not to be able to participate in the midterm elections and carry forward things he believed in. instead, he was left to be the person that

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it's friday mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze the week's news. those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: we begin with one of the two major stories that dominated this day: europe on edge. law enforcement agencies across the continent targeted terror suspects in raids and arrests across at least four countries. the crackdown was spawned in part by the paris violence of a week ago. >> woodruff: from belgium, to germany, and again in france heavily armed police were out in force. in verviers, belgium, authorities said late-night raids that killed two suspects had dis

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. syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. so, gentlemen, as we wait for the president to come into the house chamber, what are you expecting tonight, mark? >> i'm expecting high drama, great theater. (laughter) >> why are we laughing? i expect pride and the question will be how enthusiastic the democrats are and how much the president offers an olive branch across the aisle. >> ifill: david, the white house has been signaling what they will be talking about, the words middle class have been coming up. >> yeah, those people get too much attention. it's very much we get you. so they want to talk about community colleges, tax increases for the rich to pay for the stuff, they want to show we understand, we're with you and you can trust us. so they're going heavy on the middle class and picking a lot of issues, more to frame debates than past legislation. >> woodruff: they have been trickling out, mark, what the president will talk about. we know he'll talk about taxes and some of the things david just mentioned. >> there was a time we all waited till

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