correct -- and i, of course, don't agree with it -- but if it is correct, why did the president holdbackressives from chris matthews to bill maher to michael moore all across sort of the progressive wing of the democratic party, there is great disappointment this morning. >> they're jumping out of their seats watching. >> no, i understand. and i understand the was a hunger for us to attack romney more personally than the president did last night. and the president was talking to the american people about some of these fundamental issues. as i said, treating the american people as adults. you know, we're going to continue to prosecute this case because as you saw last night, there are two distinct views of the future and how we get there and how we rebuild the economy, how we rebuild the middle class. i sat through all the republican debates. and half of them mitt romney never even mentioned the middle class. and now he can't do enough for them, for now. but when you look at his programs, he would stick it to the middle class, and he would -- and when you talk about growing the economy an