the president's chief of staff saying. >> i've watched the president make tkeult political decisions to get this economy out of the free fall that it was in. to save the american auto industry, mitt romney said he would have let detroit go back rupt and lost a million more jobs. i don't think he is in position to talk about who is a bystander. bill: we are in for one interesting near. kristen powers, columnist, and a fox news contributor. tony sayer, a national correspondent for national news service. good morning, tony. kirstin, good morning as well. you are keyed in to what you consider as obama disengagement. >> this is the deliberate strategy all along by president obama. you saw it well into the first term with healthcare. last three weeks with the healthcare debate is when he