turks." enough, we have more sad news to report. james gandalfino has passed away.ears old, he was in italy. incredibly sad. we're done here. "viewpoint" is next. see you tomorrow. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: good evening, this is "viewpoint." tonight barack obama's poll numbers have fallen steeply over the past month. he's meyered in controversy, and any normal political party would make hay out of this and exploit the weaknesses. but political party in modern times is not a normal political party. indeed they're eating their own and their own interparty squabbles threaten to derail any possibility they have in the polls. >>> and paula dean, this may shock you, may be an incredibly ignorant and unaware racist, which makes one long for the wholesome days when she was teaching everyone how to free