The White House's Control of the Messaging

There have been two major public moments of debate or discussion between the two parties in the last decade about spending and the federal government. And he's saying, I don't negotiate. It's as if he's saying we don't negotiate with terrorists, but you cannot also then run as a for re-election on the idea that you're the normal guy who can bring everyone together and fix the country. So he's got to dial that back.