co-author of inside the circus and former editor at large of newsweek. and jackie kucinich, who covers politics for usa today. good morning to both of you. good morning. so it took just a little bit of time before the obama campaign put out a web video featuring lilly ledbetter. so evan, you know how washington works. how do you decide that you re going to sort of shift your campaign into this war on women mode and not seem to know where your candidate stands on an issue like this? it s not great staff work. i mean, the romney campaign s actually got good staff work. they ran a good camp versus their opponents, pretty well run. but with a pace so quick now, you re going to make these mistakes. i think this one s going to pass. but it was an awkward moment. do you think that the conservatives that he needs are going to be unhappy with what he had to say, that he supports the law the way it is? temporarily. but it s going to go away. those conservatives are going to vote