negotiations -- he doesn't want negotiations any more with congressional leaders of the republican party. he has proposal -- he has proposed plans he knows is not going to pass he has asked the super committee to become a committee a job they are not tasked to succeed with this the short time they are given and the debt reduction targets they have to meet. he's going to all these swing states campaigning. he has made it clear his time gauche schticking with -- his time negotiating with republicans is done. he's campaigning on a confrontational agenda not likely to pass. >> chris: last night the president spoke before the congressional black caucus which is not in your morning papers. we have a clip and it may give you a sense of the president's mood these days. >> the president: takeoff your bedroom slippers. put on your march shoes, shake it off, stop complaining, stop