this weekend before the congressional black caucus, this president is getting started. take off your bedroom slippers and put on your marching shoes. shake it off. stop complaining. stop grumbling. stop crying. we are going to press on. we have work to do! barbara lee is a member of the congressional black caucus and joins us from capitol hill. good afternoon. glad to be with you. president obama was in rare format the cbc annual award speaking in thundering tones with a rolling cadence. why is the president so assertive and effective and much less so when he is governing? i think the president is very effective while he is governing, given especially the obstructionist agenda of the republican tea party. when you look at mitch mcconnell saying that their first priority in terms of oral agenda was to