this week when he was on that barnstorming bus tour through the midwest. he was in his home state of illinois. it really echoed, ripping into republicans essentially blaming republicans for the slow recovery and it doesn't have anything to do whis policies. john case i can in the republican address saying it's the absence of presidential leadership. >> these are common sense ideas, ideas that have been supported by both democrats and republicans. the only thing holding them back is politics. the only thing preventing us from passing these bills is the reform by some congress to put country ahead of party. that is the problem we have the right now. that is what we have to change. >> divided govern the is no excuse for inaction. sure, we've had our fair share of gridlock back in 1990s but president clinton and his team