principle amounts. what we re talking about also is trying to help people as you point out, who are understood water. 24%? almost a quarter of all homeowners are underwater. they owe more than the house is worth. that s because they bought during the peak of the housing boom when prices were sky high. almost nobody expects they re going to get back to where they are anytime soon. those homeowners are just stuck. they can t trade up. they can t move. really restricts a lot of choices they can make. right. a little hope on the horizon. eamon v eamon, thank you very much. and a new chapter opens for president obama. how can he sell the bill while fighting republican efforts to repeal it? plus, republican senator