richard? this argument, how does it play out for the president, the way he's handling it? he's almost mixing in comedy and jabbing along the way with this. it's a very serious ixue. we have to fix the treasury, and it is about the tax cuts. >> look, successful candidates can jab and punch and do it with a sense of humor. president clinton did it. president bush did it, too. it's a skill, a skill mitt romney hasn't shown yet. maybe he'll pick it up along the way. one thing to understand about this phase, the next big thing that mitt romney is doing this homework for are the presidential debates. what president obama did last night and is doing on the trail is setting up the debates. he's knocking down their arguments systematically so when he gets to the debates, people are already primed. that's why he's taking down their arguments one by one. especially this framing. yes, tax cuts, the same old ideas, tax cuts for everything, but also what you heard in that clip right at the top of the show, just because government cannot do everything, doesn't mean that government should do