[ laughter ] second, find the biggest available straw man and mercilessly attack it. big bird didn't even see it coming. [ laughter ] and by the way, in the spirit of "sesame street," the president's remarks tonight are brought to you by the letter "o" and the number 16 trillion. >> that's pretty good. joining me now a man who was part of the team writing jokes for mitt romney, will ritter and david lynn, a former speech writer for president obama now head writer at funny or die d.c. nice to have both of you on. david, first of all do you think donald trump or hillary clinton has a sense of humor? >> everybody i know who knows hillary clinton personally says she is really funny in person. i don't know whether she is quite as comfortable telling jokes on stage as president obama but i think particularly tonight it's got to be a