days of the campaign when we all started with him, january or february of 2007. now, there is a lot of different things that have been happening here and there, the auto bailout, the fiscal, the financial industry bailout. two wars, there have been just a lot of things going on. if we're going to get something aggressive done, the president knew he had to act, and that is why he did it. >> in terms of the relationship between the scientific consensus and the political consensus, the president today ridiculing the flat society, people who deny the problem. do you think this as a scientific issue becomes more blatant? >> i think it is interesting the speech was given on the same bay as the gomez race. it is a state where in this race, climate was on the ballot. and if you look across the country, especially generationally, this is an issue for which most americans,