assistant to george w. bush and bernard whitman a former pollster for president clinton. it was interesting hearing him accuse the president of being in constant campaign mode. now it seems there's a consensus on that in washington. that's not a left or right or mitt romney versus president obama thing. that's true, but the white house says, we have to do that because we had these obstinate republicans and we're sick of hearing no with everything. we're going directly to the american people over the republicans' heads and so, there's not a lot of denial of the constant campaign mode although there's a question of whether it's good or bad. >> well, there's a blending between campaigning, going out and using the bully pulpit and then rolling up your sleeves and doing the work. apparently the president loves to campaign, but he doesn't like to roll up his sleeves and doesn't like to meet with his own leadership. the fact of the matter is, if the president did roll up his sleeves and...