>> right, this is not just a -- you're right. this is two things. this is a financial recession which is tough but it's also three decades of stagnation, job loss, and -- >> and growing wage disparity. >> and wage disparity. all that truth. when you say middle class, why we say it's "the middle class, stupid," this is an argument about the character of the country and a very big argument about the futures. it's a very strong place to be to run a presidential election. >> sure is. >> you wrote about mitt romney in your book, "if you don't want to help the middle class, confine talk about income inequality to your quiet room where you can look at pictures of each other's yachts and count how many cadillacs you're "you have a way with words. >> he said we should talk about this in quiet rooms. my point, no, we need to scream about it from mountaintops. why point is, why isn't there a presidential commission on restoring the american middle class? why isn't there a university center, a think tank that does