evidence is that presidents have less power over the economy than voters tend to think they have, right? >> yeah, but voters think the president is commander in chief of the economy. you know who is the commander in chief of the economy? nobody. it's too big, too complicated. nobody can command the american economy to do anything. >> that's why the gas price conversation is so ridiculous. bring the gas prices down. on an international marketplace, really? how would i do that? >> they framed the conversation when they said osama bin laden is dead and gm is alive. when they pare that with mitt romney say over and over, let gm die, let the auto industry die, then the cool factor won't matter anymore. that's the way this debate is framed. in terms of national security, foreign policy, we're safer, and in terms of the economy, we're coming out of a recession.