He should have invited Ron Paul on if he wanted to debate Ron Pauls ideas.
You can veto bills , you have a bullypulpit to the public as President. To imply that the President has no power to work towards reducing runaway spending is plain wrong.
If Mike appears to be doing well, it's because he's interrupting his caller's arguments, and then muting then, so that you don't know their still talking. Then he hangs up on them and prtends their still there.
I have noticed that as well.