have to suffer. think about it. advisers telling him to shave his beard. cable pundits telling him to lose the top hat. opposition researchers calling him a five-time loser before he was 50. i've gotten a lot of advice lately myself. more than enough, thank you. >> more than enough, thank you very much. let's bring in cnn's chief political correspondent dana bash for more on this. so, what's the message here? i'm like lincoln? >> reporter: i think it's kind of like a popeye speech, i am what i am. that's -- seems to be the tone throughout. certainly he takes some partisan shots at the president and tries to frame what he's been talking about since he launched his campaign back in june, which is he has leadership skills, he did a lot in florida that could be translated to washington. but at the end of the day this