wow. that was special. reporter: watch the president pull a special face, the mention of pinocchios. the washington post today gave awe whole lot of pinocchios because they say you obviously misstate. reporter: the guy that got attention was keeping his mouth shut. mike pence looks like an elf on the shelf. someone emptied his chair and moved him to the mantle. vice president pence seemed, hum. pence-ive and got that look in his eyes the music flowed. parody going out. saddled with curb your enthusiasm. because i m not going to get the vote. i need tep senators. reporter: honorable mention to pence for willing himself to blend in with the furniture. at times his head swiveled as if
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you. i m not saying this because i think you re of another generation, but you are of another generation. how much of this with president obama and his avoidance of the race issue is generational. i don t think in his case it s generational. i think he understands very cheerily, barack obama is the president of these united states. his handlers and his calculators and those who have propelled him and assisted in get lging him that position walked there awe whole series of potential barriers and problem. they have dealt with those effectively. race being one of them. he s been magnificent on his utterances when confronted. in terms of being a crusader, image setter and a leader, that s not part of the role he has chosen to take. it doesn t have anything to do with generation. it has more to do with politicipolitics