>> two questions. first of all i find it fascinating my good friend michael steele is talking about the obama people and not talking about the next four years for the black community. i haven't seen mitt romney talk about the next four years for the black community, white community, hispanic community or any other community. secondly on flipping and kind of pointing my finger at the other side, what was the obama campaign's explanation of why he was not at the naacp. >> he's the president of the united states, he has a hell of a lot of things to do. >> but there had to be something better than that. was it a calculated decision for the african-american president to not be speaking to that convention? >> but the inference in your question is that the president has never spoken to them, the naacp and that's not the case. >> right now coming the day after romney. does it to the american public, was it a strategic decision to not be there? >> strategic in the sense that you want -- >> you know what i mean. >> the role of the vice president is to go after the other guy who's at the top of the ticket. the role of the number two on the ticket is go after the