>> well, president obama did that. >> yeah, he did do that. and i'm of the view that as much as i support this from a policy wise, i think the politics might be mixed. i mean win understand what bob and others are saying about creating or energizing the youth vote and where independents are on this issue, but at the same time, i think, you know, look at what happened in north carolina, just yesterday, and talking to people close to obama, it's clear to me that they kind of -- that they did not see a clear, obvious, political gain in this move. you know, it may work to their benefit, maybe by november it will, but it may not. and that ended up not being the primary calculation in what the president did. i think it's very hard to sort out what impact this will have. and those few states that you and i are going to be focusing on between now and november. >> bob shrum, david corn, great to have you with us on "the ed show" tonight. thanks so much. wisconsinites are fired up and ready to go, 27 days before governor scott walker's recall election, lina taylor joins me with the latest. mitt romney claims his party