Run separately, triangulate, however you want to call it. for the most part, those rinning c campaigns say the president is tied to the economy. do you think right now if we can switch topics and talk about vladimir putin and how the white house, how the president has seen putin after that speech he gave yesterday on a key day on victory day, what are they thinking now after putin really didn t say what they thought he might. he didn t declare victory. he didn t do some sort of victory lap or anything. what are they thinking he s going to do now? there was a bit of a divided view in the white house of what yesterday s speech from him was going to look like. some said maybe he will try to declare victory or announce he s mobilizing workforces. others were skeptical given he doesn t have progress to tout at this speech. he didn t make new announcements there. they watched it very closely. officials found it subdued, muted, didn t say anything new,