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there s no doubt. the president, to kim s point, and to mark s point, is at a funny inflection point. he doesn t quite know what to say about the last four years other than things were really bad. and for whatever reason he s been reluctant to lay out where we go the next four years, which he s got to do a much better job of. this should give him some comfort. i think mark is right, he s getting off to a good start explaining what he wants to do with the economy and how it s would behave differently and how markets would look differently if romney is elected. but he took control on the immigration issue. i think he has to take control on two or three other issues. he s got to take control on tax reform, i think, before the election is up to demonstrate to americans, particularly the markets, that the fiscal cliff which obviously with europe is a terrible backdrop and obviously today we all hope that things go well there in greece, when i say well, that the austerity campaign wins out ....
Another aide to boehner said, because she had been reading her history, this is the way it s supposed to work, the people s house. he comes from the ribs of the state of ohio. speaking of greg poupon, let s go to david gregory. what has been your take over the last couple days of john boehner stepping into this position? how has he handled it? brian has it right. there is this austerity campaign that boehner, who a lot of people see as a country club republican with a stiff drink in his hand, working the circuit of fundraisers and all that, really trying to reflect where the country is right now, which is no great love affair with republicans. they want to see republicans come in and get back to first principles. the whole reading of the contusion reflecting the tea party case base now and deal with spending, deal with the size of government. i think he wants to have a deliberately low profile. look, you see on both ends of pennsylvania avenue all of the ramping up for 2012. republ ....