with the majority of both chambers and large ones at that and he owns these policies. reality is reality. he can talk about he can make straw man arguments, distort the republican philosophy, distort the cause of the economic crisis. the reality and the fact that is facing all americans today is 9.6% unemployment and the highest unemployment among the youth demographic in the history of counting such things. so yes, he gives a good speech, but as is always the case, and now we recognize this more, what we say in politics, he's a chinese dinner. you're hungry an hour later. >> erick erickson, redstate.com. mary is going to make the partisan rebuttal to the president there. that's what we expect. when the president says the republicans said no and no and no, on that ground, that's not a distortion from the president. that is what happened. the republicans said they disagreed and said no, no, no, because they had philosophical