welcome back to hardball. that s president obama s surprise visit to the greatest cathedral we have in washington. the lincoln memorial this weekend, where he praised the cooperation that led to that budget deal late friday night. but republicans didn t characterize the same way. here s house majority leader รง eric cantor. let s listen to his angle. for the last two months, we ve had to bring this president kicking and screaming to the table to cut spending. he doesn t look like he was kicking and screaming. he was debonair and sweatless. on wednesday the president will lay out his long-term deficit reduction plan. he s going to take control of the fight? will he or won t he. richard wolffe is also a political analyst. i hear from one of our colleagues here that you, and you may well believe, that there was strategy behind this. sure there was. tell me what the president, like a bicycle race, let paul ryan say i m going to do all this stuff, and bring down the house, and th