perhaps he should strengthen his moderate message. does going to the nra and making an address undermine that? . it opens up problems in terms of criticism from the democrats. ted strickland had a big column related to it. it s going to be part of the character message by democrats. i agree with the former chairman here. he needs to do some level of outreach. there are still some ruffled feelings on the right. usually when you re in a primary, you does coalition building during the primary. i think mitt romney has to do it because this is not a narrative he wants to deal with for the coming months. if there s a moment when he s going to turn on conservatives, i would wait for september and october. they re all expecting that. this is the moment when he brings them to his boson. this group of conservatives is not going to vote for the president. maybe with the women thing he moved a little bit closer to the middle and pivots back when he does the nra stuff. is that the strategy