karen, i want to start with you. the white house has had nothing but a month of distractions. it seems like they have been trying to turn to the economy in different ways. financial reform week and unemployment benefits and something is always overshadowed with general mcchrystal and how is the white house handling distractions now, say, compared to six months ago? >> interestingly enough, i think one of the reasons this happened the way that it did was that the initial impulse was to prevent it from becoming a distraction. so, they had what they thought was a very damaging videotape on their hands. the administration decided to just sort of deal with it quickly, cleanly, get it out of the way. the problem, of course, was that the truth comes out many news cycles later in the full video, so, that's when i think things really spiraled out of control. >> looking at the white house, how are they handling distractions now as opposed to same question to you, what do