hold a press conference to their credit but then cut it off in the middle of a lot of people wanting to ask questions, particularly when the questions were getting pretty tough. i would expect that he's a savvy and ambitious politician. he knows that he worked for duke energy for 2 years and people know that about him if they know nothing el. it would seem to me he's not managing this well in terms of seeming independent from duke and seem like he's handling this issue aggressively. that's just my observation from here. from within the state, how does it seem to you? >> this is certainly a big moment for him. this is a very big moment. as you said, big aspirations. just in his second year as governor of the state. and how is this going to play? how is this going to affect his political career moving forward? as for that press conference today, you mentioned it, yes, i was there and the reporters, we probably had never 45 plns or an hour worth of questions. and the tone today from the