but it's just the president has to stop being a jerk sometimes. he has to figure out he wants to be president and isn't our entertainer in chief. he needs to get things done for the american people. time will tell if he can get that done. if he runs for reelection, the republicans have to run on something. >> his metrics, this was a good tweet. it got a lot of likes and people talking. >> yep. and the white house feels they have a genuine grievance that cable television has not given him a fair shot. that a lot of people in the cable media they feel would like the presidency to feel and they have a right to hit back. and that's a very firmly-held view within the white house. it's hard to find people that disend from that view. >> except the author of the primary, cable media was terrific to the president. i can remember sitting on my office watching the three tvs