>> right. the important thing for the president right now, i think is to stay out of the way of the opposition. i think that the main media story and political story is the republicans trying to pick a candidate. there's nomar gin in it for the president to get into the political fray. i think what he's doing right now is making money and re-establishing support among the people who have to come out that he's going to need to volunteer and give money and work on his base and let the republicans fight out the politics. >> i want to talk more about this money issue. we saw it in 2008 the obama team really a fundraising machine. taking away the day-to-day politics of this race. let's talk about mitt romney. he had this magic monday. the ability to raise $10 million. is he the best choice for republicans to actually win this because it's going to come down to a money match up? >> well, republicans do like self-funders. as joy-ann was pointing out, if obama is running on his record, his experience, he's going to be running on what he's accomplished in the next four