barack obama is the worst president in history. i think that was the worst candidate i ve ever seen in history. that s dan quayle s son ben who is running for congress out in arizona. tonight, the democrat who hopes to beat him joins us on hardball. and president obama wasn t the only one getting or actually taking on john boehner. the would-be speaker was forced to answer some tough questions today about, well, being the notorious tan man. let s start with the president s speech in ohio today, what a humdinger it was. newsweek s howard fineman is an msnbc political analyst and bob shrum is a democratic strategist. let me start with you, howard. big speech today, highly hyped. he went on offense. first time named names, none of the chicago tactics of old days of pretending you don t have opponents out there. he named him, boehner. chris, i think that was one of the best political speeches that the president has given. it was pointed. as you said, it drew distinctions and tr