changing medicare as we know it? do -- the white house seems to feel they've got politics on their side going into the campaign year. >> yeah, they're feeling very confident over at pennsylvania avenue right now. and they have reason to be. i mean, the white house can credibly argue the republicans are going to destroy medicare if they get their way. the interesting thing is, republicans can credibly argue that as president obama gets his way, the deficit won't come down, he can't bend the cost curve in health care, which is threatening our future. so these are two big arguments that are really worth having a presidential election over. and is that's what ron brown's team gets at in his piece. >> the president's speech yesterday, we're all focused on the attack on paul ryan. at the same time, he did seem to be moving more toward the center. he defined the problem, the spending problem. very much the way a centrist might. you know, when you get passed the campaign rhetoric. is the president moving too far away from the left wing of this party and is that why you have