exploded our deficit and crashed the economy. got all the rs in there. rubber stamped. reckless, radical. the president ignored shouted questions from reporters about paul ryan. he is trying to remain above the fray. remember the negative attacks. the cancer ad. questions about whether it will about put a dent into the president's likability ratings. >> having congressman ryan front and center allowed them to get away from the jobs problems at least as part of the narrative? >> all along they wanted the campaign to be what they call a choice election about the next four years who has a better plan for that. not about the last four years. since that is not so good for the president in terms of his record because there have been a lot of challenges. he is the first to acknowledge that. paul ryan tried to say wait a second, it will be about both. about the future but he is also not going to forget about the