we are visiting with brad woodhouse communications director for the dn. d out and follow at democrats.org. brad, we talked about you mentioned briefly the welfare ad. this add where mitt romney has opposed president obama of trying to end the welfare to work. the "new york times," mr. romney hits bottom on welfare. just one sentence from the editorial. the claim is blatantly false but it says a great deal about mr. romney's increasingly desperate desire to define the president as something he is not. ouch. >> it is low. it's below the belt. he has hit the bottom. the polls are close. this is going to be a close election. but i believe they see what we see in the battleground states. mitt romney is not connecting. i mean he is not contacting in places like ohio. so now, he wants to try to say, well, you know, i might not connect with you but look at this guy. he want he wants to send checks to welfare recipients willy-nilly. it's a lie. there is a completely. there is not one word that says the president wants to relax. >> it's the opposite? >> it's theoppo