back on its heels. internally they have no understanding of how to outmaneuver the president. that's how they look at it, how do we outmaneuver to get outside of this box we put ourselves in. >> i want to play a little sound from his press conference a second ago where he's talking about the payroll tax cut. he is charging and going for the jugular. >> i want to make clear, this is not about me. they shouldn't extend the payroll tax cut for me. they shouldn't extend unemployment insurance for me. this is for 160 million people in 23 days will see their taxes go up if congress doesn't act. >> i mean, he just keeps going and going with the kfrds that something is going to get done. >> he's on the right side -- looking at the kind of zit geist of this election, it was all about big government, the 2010 theme of the election, now we enter into a period where it's about the squeeze middle class.