>> at least three republicans are not going to be in the audience, including jim demint. >> right. >> one is going to opt to hold a twitter town hall. is this disrespectful to the office of the president, joe? >> i don't know if it's disrespectful? it's not smart. the president hasn't gained much traction in the past with these speeches. the president has an american people waiting. you look at poll after poll after poll. americans lost confidence in the president. they have lost confidence in republicans and congress. americans want to see them working together. it may not excite the base, but it's where middle america is. >> let's think about what happened last night at the gop debate. did rick perry say what he needed to say to maintain his momentum as he's now the leading candidate? >> i don't think so. he keeps calling social security a ponzi scheme. if you want to say social security is a ponzi scheme,