issues being debated. it wasn t about just the birther certificate. there were white gasp. when ryan laid out his budget and president laid out his budget, i said that s the beginning of 2012. those are the two issues that will be debated in the next year and how they get those resolved can very well determine what can happen in a presidential election year. bob and i were talking about the gang of sick and whether they can get anything done or not. and i think fair to say you were reasonably pessimistic about the big picture. 6 out of 535 is still a pretty small frarction. there are real differences of opinion on what the country ought to be doing. you may say, well, can t we all get along? yeah, we can all get along, but that doesn t mean we re going to necessarily agree in the process of getting along. i think that s what you see. in addition, some of the things