forewarning us, telling us that they are going to not just abandon previously held positions, they are going to pretend that those previously held positions were not previously held. and so with mitt romney in north carolina today, avoiding the gay marriage question, which is amazing, let us cheerfully refuse to go along with the plan for us to all forget all but the current news cycle. let us cheerfully refuse to go along with the plan that you, in the future, will be completely unaware of what happened in the headlines on a day like april 18th, 2012. joining us now is karen tumulty, a national political reporter for "the washington post." karen, great to have you here. thanks for being here. >> hi, rachel. >> so the etch a sketch plan is not an accusation, it is what the campaign says it is going to do. of the policy positions that mr. romney took in the primary, which do you think the campaign sees as the ones they would most like to change for the general,