medicaid and things you can do on tax increases, but i think is going to be an entry level commitment for a lot of people which was the concern about the rolling size in government and debt and deficit. can he be credible? >> this is the challenge. the elites want to hear a deficit challenge. they are not wrong, we need to reduce the deficit and middle class americans want to hear about jobs and they are not wrong either. >> creating them which takes stimulus. >> he believes you have to do more to create those jobs, and those are two ice floes moving in absolutely different directions and he's having to straddle them. if anybody can do it, it's barack obama. >> let's talk about it -- let's talk about it after tuesday and see how he does. paul begala, michael gerson, thanks so much. up next, why two presidential speeches given almost exactly 50 years ago still have so much relevance for today's politicians. ring ring ring ring