>> in other words, one thing that we never have seen, jeffrey lord, american spectator -- we have neverolution. he just keeps doubling down. he has had so many moments to have a sister soldier moment and reject bill maher's contribution or change the policiesism he is not going to go there. >> sean: why? >> he is committed. 9 one thing that is important to understand is, all of these stories about romney and the bullying and all of this kind of thing, it's building a narative as they did it with george w. bush. this is what they did to barry goldwater in 1964. one of the reasons is that the policies on the left can't sustain the light of day because as they begin to take hold, when lyndon johnson was 2 years into office, he was thoroughly rebuked because all the things he promised, got passed and there was an overwhelming rejection of the great society in 19sticks. this is why they concentrate on the bullies and the old stories like that. >> sean: to pick up on that point, it is very simple to me -- if the president could run on his record, he would run on his record. but he can't. so,