>> actually it was reported as incredibly good, and my performance -- some of them called it a performance. i consider it work. >> you can't write this stuff. and praising what he calls his ratings. >> got great reviews by everybody other than two networks who were phenomenal for about two hours. then after that, they were called by their bosses and said, wait a minute. >> is all of this another transparent attempt by the president to change the subject? just another way of saying "move on, folks, nothing to see here"? we'll talk about that. cnn political commentator david swirlick and analyst michael bender. also, michael issikoff, chief investigative correspondent for yahoo! news. good to have you here. i didn't get a call or e-mail from the boss. any of you -- okay, just checking. no, no? michael, welcome back to the