been a little bit scatter shot. i certainly know from my reporting that republicans on the hill have tried very hard to focus him where they would like him to be focused at any given moment. this race did sneak up on a lot of republicans here in washington. but what's the president's thinking about, you know, his role in the midterms? obviously he's saying out loud i want to go to all these places. as rick points out, this place should be one where republicans help. broad republican territory. that is not necessarily true across the map. >> that's not true across the map, but the president who does president always like to travel, he's actually by all accounts been eager to be out on the road as we mentioned earlier. he wants the personal adulation. he's there campaigning for, he gets from the crowds. people sometimes suggest a rally maybe in september, october and he'll say, that sounds great but let's do it now. can we do it next week? so he's eager to get out there. >> you were at all of the president's rallies over the course of the past week?