fare in a general election and you saw what happened with mitt romney. he went so far to the right. wasn t able to come back. shameless plug. you first. i ve got to congratulate the 2,36 latino children who are reading for latino for looratin literature program. government shutdown strategy is not necessarily a strategy designed to win as opposed to something designed to have the fight. bob corker called it silly and rough on it. molly? shout-out to my son who turns 4 tomorrow. he has managed to survive four years of my parenting amazing. i love you, baby boy. my shameless plug, remember doug bailey at the museum. a bittersweet evening of celebrations and remembering. you can watch the president s speech on the economy live at 2:00 p.m. here on msnbc. see you back here tomorrow. coming up next is chris jansing.