president s only energy and his own commitment to this, the numbers started moving up again. that s david axelrod on charlie rose. in that interview he called the president a worrier. not a worrier, a warrior. a warrior. that s what i call willie, a warrior. he s a warrior. w-a, a worrying warrior. i look at president obama and many words come to mind. warrior is not one of them. with us now, founder and editor and chief of the dailybeast.com, tina brown. good morning, everybody. good morning. let s get right to this. maureen dowd talks about that. hail the conquering professor is the name of her piece. obama wanted to reason to compromise to float in his ivory toury but at long last when push came to shove he shoved and let nancy push. he realized sometimes you can t rise above it.