The stimulus and Daschle make for a rough week for President Obama

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It was a rough week for President Obama. He lost the candidates he had nominated for two important jobs in his administration and didn’t achieve the bipartisan consensus he wanted on the stimulus bill. Takeaway Correspondent Andrea Bernstein and Todd Zwillich, Reporter for Capitol News Connection, join Adaora and John to take a look back at the second full week of the Obama presidency.

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