the crowd was at times inappropriately rambunctious and applauded at times they didn't think that it was completely appropriate. it was a very somber speech, a very important speech. i wish it didn't have the pep rally atmosphere hanging around it. but i think that words of the president were extraordinarily important. >> well, it's freedom of speech, they were expressing themselves how they felt. that was their way of grieving in the community at the time. >> and they needed. >> that's right. >> and they needed to be uplifted. i think that there is going to be plenty of time in tucson with the funerals that they're going to have to attend like the one today, where people will properly mourn. i think folks needed it. and quite candidly, as we sit here inside the beltway, i don't hear anybody in tucson complaining about last night. >> or the timing. joe madison, john feery, great to have you with us tonight. coming up, sarah palin's big video gamble, well, it was a big failure. she's getting slammed by both sides for using the term "blood