more on this story, let's join john defterios in abu dhabi. good to see you, john. who is interested in this job? it seems like a pretty tough call. >> reporter: it is a call indeed, nina. george papandreou is battling a tricky point at this point. he's made a huge u-turn. he's not forget, he went to cannes saying i need to build a consensus. if i don't have one, i will go to a referendum. he comes back into greece, builds a consensus within his own party but did not get the support across party lines from his opposition. had a blistering attack last night. one of the people he was able to get back on board last night is evangelos venizelos. also, it's worth noting here in 2007, he did challenge papandreou for the top job and didn't win it. in fact, he wouldn't want to see it go to a unity government. he'd like to have a crack at power. antonis samaras came out and took the stage, a blistering attack saying you need to go, mr. papandreou. then we can discuss a unity government. also worth noting that samaras and papandreou were college roommates in amherst in the un

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