i'm back with "the new york times" frank bruni.ir because barack obama has a better singing voice. >> if we're deciding this election on pitch, barack obama definitely has it. no offense to mitt romney. >> if you're president of the united states and you've got al green sitting in the audience and you decide against the judgment of your aides, i'm going to sing al green, that takes guts. and i think it it took mitt romney even more guts to sing a whole song, an american anthem in front of an audience, knowing on youtube and everything else, people are going to see this. >> you have to have guts if you're running for president anyway. the amount of time you spend on the microphones, you've got to have a lot of guts. we learned about their voices, but i don't think we learned anything about their gumption. >> why would anyone want to be president, given the workload, the stress? >> we spend so much time tearing apart the candidates and being unjustly critical of them. it is really, really difficult and wearing to run for president. i

i'm back with "new york times" frank bruni. a better singing voice. >> if this selection on pitch, obama's got it on a landslide. no offense to mitt romney. >> what does it say about the men's character? if you're the president of the united states and you've got al green in an audience and you decide against the judgment of your aides i'm going to start singing al green, that takes guts. i think it took mitt romney even more guts to sing a whole song, an american anthem knowing with youtube and everything else, everyone's going to see this. >> you've got to have guts if you're going to be president. the time you're in front of the public, you've got to have a lot of guts. this doesn't really surprise me. we learned about their voices but i don't think we learned anything new about thinker gumption. >> why would anyone want to be the president given the stress workload and attention? >> we should say this from time to time because we tear apart the candidates and being critical of them. it is really, really difficult and wearin