biden. he wrote an op. ed piece in the des moines register saying, quote, romney appears satisfied to settle for an economy in which fewer people succeed while the majority of americans are left to tread water or fall behind. never mind the meaning of what that is because i'm not clear on it but why is joe biden writing an op. ed about mitt romney, robert? >> because we democrats are taking the case directly to the people. and we're not going to be on the defensive. >> why romney? why now? >> clearly romney has build a national campaign structure and that has to be recognized. of course, he has 80% of the republicans apparently voting against him in iowa. you can't break through 25% or 22% in most polls. so the point is because he has been out there with the national campaign, i think it's a pragmatic issue. the bigger challenge really is not what joe biden says. it's whether the republics can reach the independent voter. and as long as they want to rewrite the constitution, and try to trash the issues like newt gingrich does of separation of powers. they are going to ultimately