marquis speakers didn't talk much about mitt romney and last night you heard even the speakers like the keynoter and former governor ted strickland, even those that went hard after mitt romney, had positive things to say about the president. >> i thought he went after mitt romney but did it with a smile on his face and ann richards attacks were deeply personal. these were some funny punch lines. >> think of 2008 and barack obama and 2004 and 2008, even his detractors would say, what a great political aspect his smile was. julian castro has the same thing. when he would do the smile, it would soften the blow the way that ann richards seemed sometimes very cutting and accosting. there was nothing cutting and accostic about him. for a guy as young as he is, in his early, mid 30s, who's really had no national exposure before. >> yeah.