opposed, then faults barack obama for. at some point, the truth should matter. >> so will the truth be told this week, chris, and how tough do the democrats need to push on that? i've read something about this tripod of lies that plan to expose. >> well, i think the surrogates, especially a lot of speakers, you know, not necessarily in primetime, have a important role to play. they go right at republicans and kind of attack these lies and misstatements. in terms of the primetime hour, in particular, i'd say, for the president's speech, you got to walk that line, and that line is you don't want to go negative. i think the president's strength, why he got elected and people still believe in him, he has a positive vision for the country. justify, explain what he did over the last four years, and paint the vision where he's going to take the country. we have a very good story to tell. >> let me bring in, quickly, eugene, we're almost out of time, one of the other things politico says that the democrats need to watch out for is hurricane bill.