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Just made his first comment on the romney tape itself. the president made an appearance on tonight's "late show with david letterman." he said, there aren't a lot of people out there who think they are victims. coming back rather calmly. he's not looking to exploit this but my bet is the campaign will. perhaps for the next two months. >> romney has done damage to himself and obama doesn't need to push him any further. he can try to explain what he was trying to say. you're right, the campaign will do it subtly. for obama it seems like a fairly easy play. let romney do all the explaining and st...

And the gun thing, people enjoy hunting deer in pennsylvania as much as he enjoys shooting hoops or playing golf. i mean, that's just a putdown, i thought. jonathan, thoughts now. >> no, i think that's correct, although i think in the context of what he was saying is he was clinging to those things as voting issues, not as lifestyle habits. they cling to the practice of voting for guns and religion. >> yeah. >> yeah, i don't think he was saying they would give up their guns or religion if they had economic prosperity, but it was very murky. he was speaking off the cuff. >> by the way, presiden...

Practice. >> yeah. >> yeah, i don't think he was saying they would give up their guns or religion if they had economic prosperity, but it was very murky. he was speaking off the cuff. >> by the way, president obama just made his first comment on the romney tape itself. the president made an appearance on tonight's "late show with david letterman." he said, there aren't a lot of people out there who think they are victims. coming back rather calmly. he's not looking to exploit this but my bet is the campaign will. >> romney has done damage to himself and obama doesn't need to push him any furth...

Not a surprising pick, the obama campaign will of course quickly try to get back to the narrative of who is mitt romney, is he out of touch with working class, with middle class americans? >> keith, who do you think he goes with? i like to play the vp stakes three or four times a day. >> rob portman, somebody who's safe and predictable and boring who fits into his script. i don't think he's going to go outside the box if he does the sarah palin thing to be a game changer. whoever they pick is going it to raise questions about his credibility and his decision making. he's got to make the choice...

The obama campaign will, of course, be using that romney statement against romney, but they have so many other romney gems in their file that it might take them a while to catch up. today in virginia, president obama didn't use that. he pushed a plan for the government to help middle income homeowners refinance their home s. and he in effect reminded people of that romney gem, the romney strategy for the housing market. the romney idea, to let the housing market simply hit bottom. >> it is wrong for anybody toing suggest that the only option for struggling responsible homeowners is to sit and ...