detroit go bankrupt. it wasn't very popular action the president took. now they are hiring people, you know, hundreds of thousands of new people, instead of losing 400,000 jobs. i can't remember a presidential candidate in the recent past who seems not to understand by what he says what ordinary middle class people are thinking about and are concerned about. >> all right. >> i don't get it. >> really, we gave him a whole hour. >> we gave him an hour to cut something from "meet the press." >> that's all right. >> what's wrong? no, no, no. >> it's all right. i think there's a conspiracy. >> put the camera on alex. i don't really understand this at all. i asked him -- i asked alex -- >> that is literally how he talks to us, all the time. >> do you have anything from "meet the press"? you can cut it. >> yeah, ok. >> do you know what he says to me? we don't usually cut roundtables.