messaging question. they were talking about president obama being the closer and knowing the right way to talk about these issues. is president obama talking about the economy in these closing days of the campaign in a way that tells a story that is true and motivating to democrats? >> he certainly is and he's doing it in a fantastic way. over the summer republicans have been messaging about the economy nonstop. they outspent democrats 5-1. this was an issue but democrats weren't talking about it enough. it's not that we have a good economy or bad economy, it's a complicated one. democrats were making good arguments saying if you don't have a functioning democracy, there's no way you're going to have a good economy. however, that doesn't sell when people are at the grocery store. it was president obama over the last week that reminded people republicans are pounding the table saying you don't like the economy, vote for republicans. they're not only not offering a solution, in many instances, we're going to hurt social security, we're going to hurt