action. the president specifically addressed what everyone has been talking about. the charm offensive. you know, over the last several weeks, the press in washington has been reporting about obama s charm offensive. well, the truth of the matter is all i have been doing is calling up folks and trying to see if we can break through some of the gobbledy-gook of our politics here. so the president heads to the hill to meet with senate republicans and house democrats. we should know it s not just the outreach to republicans but also democrats as well. some of them frustrated that they have not had the time with the with president that they would like. now getting a chance to sit down, talk to the president face to face. everyone hopeful that they can hammer out some compromise on the tough fiscal issues. i m sure all of america hopes