and they re trying to fire up the base with the 300 viewing parties. they want to get the volunteer training going. maybe a little bit of fund raising. some of the people that can write the $200 checks. the washington post describes it as, i m talking about the docu-drama, docu-ganda. meaning part documentary with a piece of propaganda. is it smart? it is slick? it is both? is it going to fire up the base? i don t know how many people will see it at these house parties compared to the people who are seeing pieces of it right here on msnbc, and we ll be seeing pieces of it as sort of bits and pieces are broadcast on television. but it does attempt to answer, i think, a question in a lot of swing voters mind, which is why did obama do all this. why did he decide to take on this gigantic fight over health care when the rest of the economy was in so much trouble. and it s also when you talk about firing up the base, what