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Several important issues, but you wouldn't know it from listening to the president. >> the president and i have a very good relationship. as a result, you know, i try to avoid personal attacks on the president. but let me say something. the president is getting some very bad advice from his campaign team, because he's diminishing the presidency by picking fake fights, going after straw men every day. the presidency is important. america has big challenges. big fiscal challenges, and we've got big challenges with our economy, and the president ought to be working with democrats and republicans ...

with "time" magazine's nancy gibbs and michael duffy and our exclusive guest, house speaker john boehner. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." mr. speaker, primo view, great digs. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> how many days have you thought, did i actually want this job? >> a lot. >> big headaches. mr. speaker, thank you for joining us. let me start right out with the week's story, which is the student loans. the president has issued a veto threat and said if this keeping the student loan rates low comes to me with money paid for by money that comes out of...

For instance, i'm not going to apologize for the u.s. there's no instance of the president actually apologizing for the u.s. he's been setting up straw men left and right. the president's description of the ryan plan for medicare, you could find that in a "new york times" article. that was as accurate, except for the "it's too bad your on your own" editorial flourish, all he was doing was describing precisely the framework that the republican party has adopted to deal with medicare. there was no straw man or even any spin. that was actually the substance of the policy they are proposing. >> al...

He's been setting up straw men left and right. the president's description of the ryan plan for medicare, you could find that in a "new york times" article. that was as accurate, except for the "it's too bad your on your own" editorial flourish, all he was doing was describing precisely the framework that the republican party has adopted to deal with medicare. there was no straw man or even any spin. that was actually the substance of the policy they are proposing. >> alex, i feel an etch-a-sketch proposal. it feels like romney is saying when i'm the nominee, i will tell you, i haven't told yo...

>> fourth or fifth place at best. what have we got, mika? >> well, you don't need to count delegates to see the general election taking shape with president obama and mitt romney exchanging opening shots in their likely showdown for the white house. just a day after the president tore into romney's support for the republican budget, the former massachusetts governor hit the very same stage in washington and fired right back. >> the president came here yesterday and railed against arguments no one is making. and criticized policies no one is proposing. it's one of his favorite strategies. set...