treated, you're going to be sidetracked and you're not going to get your deals done. >> let's talk more about this with republican strategist brian morg morganstern and political analyst ellis heniken. why can't the president do what senator santorum was suggesting? >> part of the reason he's president today is because he can change the national conversation with the click of a tweet button and communicate with tens of millions of people and sort of launch national debates on certain things. >> but is this boding wre iningt now coming off of that nine-day trip. he said it was a home run. ep talked about the highlights in italy, then he gets back to the u.s. and he's changing the subject. >> right. well, he's defending himself. you know? i think that he was doing both. he was sort of trumpeting --