is kidding. one other point is the state of the union i agree with you, i thought the newtown stuff was obviously the emotional high point of it, and he also had a new speechwriter, cody keen, who has taken over as the chief speech writer and cody was the one who wrote his tucson speech. i think it s clear we re seeing a different approach by the president to some of these speeches. transformative was correct. after tucson and aurora, he gave great speeches, but didn t do anything. and didn t address after gabby giffords, defendant s exhibit take it up in that state of union. but, sadly, there was an element of politics in that state of the union speech and there had to be because obama can t force a vote. you had him imploring the congress. imploring really harry reid as much as it is anybody else. bring it to the floor for a vote. especially house republicans. i think that s testament to the fact that he can t do this on his own regardless of whether or not he has been