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And obama's never had that. you can still win without that, but the thing that -- >> he would campaign if there weren't an election. >> yes. >> which is what he's doing now. >> that's what he's doing now. the thing clinton said, and kept saying during the convention speech, which was so perfect, implicit criticism of obama and what he was going to try to do was, people need explanation, not eloquence. that's his -- that was his mantra. >> if you were sitting with axelrod and the rest of the guys in chicago, washington, chicago, in headquarters, what would be your use plan for bill, from now, t...

Romney has never suggested he would approach with a business perspective and the aides call this an attempt to divert from what the republicans now say is the real issue, always have, the economy. and they are not stupid. meaning they are not going to be distracted from this but will stay focused on it. >>shepard: the vice president was at a campaign event but the president doesn't begin campaigning until next week, right? >>carl: and republicans say it is past due and some are irritated and a rip-off, they say. next week the president officially starts using campaign money to spend on the cam...

Profound misunderstanding of the responsibilities of a president and the commander and chief. >> team romney's response to all of this was to call the whole speech an attempt to distract from the real issue which every day now they insist is the economy and they are not stupid they like to say. meaning they are not going to allow themselves to be diverted from jobs and the economy focus. shep? >> shepard: all right. the vice president's event was clearly a campaign event. they have said as much. but as far as the president goes, the campaign doesn't officially begin until next week. >> yeah. a...

. >> the only way that that can be true is if you so narrowly define re-election as, essentially, things that are specifically under fec rules, minutes spent doing that. but remember, let's think back to all of the swing state visits. "wall street journal," our cousins at "the wall street journal" did a great piece where they looked at the dozens of official visits to swing states that the president's made. we remember the bus tour that he took through iowa, virginia and north carolina, all swing states. the president, it's not just his official campaigning and the fundraising, but the whole c...