minute ago it's all politics. what is the politics of the republics will throw after the speech? >> well, we do expect this to be a campaign speech. most these state of the union speeches at least of late have been very much about how flying rhetoric. a lot of grandiose rhetoric but not much when it comes to follow-through. but republicans have said and we say this sincerely we are ready to work with the president. >> shepard: on what matters. >> on energy security. tax reform. regulatory reform. reducing spending. doing something about spending and debt. the president although he says all these nice things in his state of the union speeches very rarely follow through that's the one thing that republicans are going to be paying attention to. is the president sincere and does he really want to work with us to try to solve some of these big problems. >> unbefore the things we are not allowed to talk about the specifics from the luncheon today at the white house, but the theme seemed to be we want people to come out of this night with some optimism. the president says his speech will bring that. will the republic response and the rhetoric which follows propel us toward that or are