transition. while i disagree with obama on a lot, i have to commend him because he's done this transition very well. >> should he have weighed in on the boycott in some way? >> he said he knew what he was going to be doing. he's going to the inauguration. it's not for him -- >> the biggest statement he could make. >> going to weigh in with the members of congress and a fight between congress and the incoming president and all that. he's trying to ease out in the most positive way he can. he laid out three, four, five things he feels strongly about. look, it's not like he said oh my god the country is going to hell in a basket. he said i think we're going to be okay. he's being himself. >> one point, on the things he laid out, i think he laid them out not just in service of saying these are things on which i will comment if i feel i need to, it was also by way of telling people i am not going to be involved in the day to day, i am not going to get involved in policy fights. i don't think that's the appropriate role for a