these people who are going to be out of luck. of course it s an economic issue. no one is debating that. i would actually argue it s a moral issue as well. creating jobs for people who have been out of work a long time is a moral issue. i think it s one of the defining issues of our time. you have millions of americans who are out of work, 11 million long term unemployed in this country. extending unemployment is not going to help those people. so extending all right, all right. i don t get that. it s a political whim of the day. if you want to solve the problem, look at is this working. no, it isn t. what can we do that will work? let s get to the good stuff. susan, winners and losers, 2013. your winner? my winner would be the marriage equality movement. we have seen such incredible momentum behind the effort to recognize and allow same sex marriage now permitted in 18 states, twice as many as at the beginning of the year. brad? politically, george w. bush is a big w