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From the nation's capital,
''the McLaughlin Group.''
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An unrehearsed program presenting
inside opinions and forecasts...
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...on major issues of the day.
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Here's the moderator, John McLaughlin.
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Issue 1 : the new Bill Mitchell.
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Two weeks after his brush with death...
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...the president's bounding
around the country...
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...with the energy
of a high-school track star.
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Is this merely overcompensation...
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...or the indefatigable greatness
of a truly great man?
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Freddie Barnes?
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The illness just crystallized
his thinking about his presidency.
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He realized he didn't have to be a zombie.
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He can show some life,
even act like a child.
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He shows the same strength of character
as right after his election.
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The guy got sick.
He recovered from illness.
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He's now rejuvenated.
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On a political rehabilitation scale
of zero to ten...
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...rate the rehabilitation of our president.
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It's an eight. The zombie is gone.
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It's a three. The zombie will return.
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I think it's an 8.6.
He's still out to lunch, but looking good.
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The answer is eight. We'll be right back.