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Rachel Maddow and former president Bill Clinton

Clinton peeved that Maddow called him a Republican

Santilya Bailey, of Detroit, looks for employment while attending a job fair in Detroit Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, a hopeful sign the job market may be improving.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (Paul Sancya)

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2010 file photograph, shot with a zoom lens, traders at work on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. The economic outlook is weakening, home sales are plunging and stocks are on a four-month slide capped by a disappointing August. Now the potentially even scarier part for investors: We are entering what is historically the worst month in the market. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, file) (AP)

FILE - In this file photograph taken June 23, 2010, Frank Wallace who has been unemployed since May of 2009, displays his frustration during a rally organized by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, in Philadelphia. The Federal Reserve is powerless to lift the economy out of its slow-growth rut and Congress won't pass new stimulus programs with an election looming. Shoppers are reluctant to spend, and businesses are slow to hire. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file) (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall meeting on health care at a hanger at Gallatin Airfield in Belgrade, Mont. Friday, Aug. 14, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon)

Alyssa Battistoni

Mitt Romney

Pedestrians walk by the window display at an Old Navy store in Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 in downtown Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) (Kiichiro Sato)

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks during the National Rifle Association's 139th annual meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 15, 2010. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (Reuters)

FILE - In this file photograph taken June 2, 2010, shoppers Joselin Pena, left, and her niece Ingrid Romero, center, both of Boston, load packages into their car after shopping at a Target location, in Boston. A monthly consumer survey shows that Americans' confidence in the economy eroded further in July amid job worries. The reading raises concern about the economic recovery and the back-to-school shopping season.(AP Photo/Steven Senne, file) (Steven Senne)

Poll: No one cares about the deficit

HUD's disappointing housing conference

King County Executive Ron Sims speaks at a news conference where he announced that President Barack Obama will nominate him to be deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, in Seattle. In a news release, the White House says that Sims would be in charge of HUD's day-to-day operations, a nearly $39 billion annual operating budget and 8,500 employees. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) (Elaine Thompson)

30,000 Georgians line up for housing assistance

United States Army Spc. Kevin O'Connor, of Hingham, Mass., right, sits in the darkness with other members of United States Army Spc. Kevin O'Connor, of Hingham, Mass. during an ambush set up Friday, May 21, 2010 to catch Taliban fighters who had fired on their outpost earlier in the week, in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) (AP)

Frank Wallace who has been unemployed since May of 2009 is seen during a rally organized by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Initial claims for jobless benefits fell by the most in two months last week, but remain above levels consistent with healthy job growth. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (Matt Rourke)

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