and i think at the end of this, there's going to be some critics saying, look, it was boring, there wasn't anything new. but this white house is probably going to see it as a success because if you look at the whole week, he finally got the message back on the economy. monday's speech in milwaukee. wednesday's speech in cleveland where he really laid out the stakes and had a contrast with the republican speaker john boehner in the house. and today, first, do no harm is the first rule of press conferences. and you'll remember the time when he talked about henry lewis gates last year, had to have the beer summit after he angered the cambridge police. he didn't make any mistakes like that. maybe he didn't break any new ground. but he kept the message on the economy. listen to how he laid out the stakes in the election. >> if you want the same kinds of skewed policy that is led us to this crisis, then the republicans are ready to offer that. but if you want policies that are moving us out, even though