howard? seems to me that this is a punch. the white house is trying hard to portray the president as a counter puncher. he wounded himself though. when you look at this and the fact it s soaking up so much media oxygen today, sure, it s fair to point out that joe scarborough, mika, the engaged couple on the morning show have been relentlessly personal and calling the president a liar, a thug, mentally ill and all of that. it doesn t matter. he s the president of the united states. they re cable news commentators. shepard: where does this go from here? historically speaking, has there been anything like this? apologizing is not the president s style as you know. shepard: he actually did apologize after his words about grabbing her in the blank during comments made to access hollywood s billie bush. he issued a video apology. that was a relatively rare