My shoulder and any president that puts his hand on your shoulder gets your attention. Reagan was one of those historic figures. He said look it took us half a century to get into this mess. I have been the first seven years. Maybe you guys will have to do the heavy lifting on your own later. This is particularly special to me because so many people in this room have been a part of the process of my writing the book. I mean, everybody. Im looking around and seeing people who counseled me through the book proposal writing process and encouraged me when i thought i could never get it done, friends who called me up to find out about how the book was doing, my family, husbands here, so many people here who basically help me get a book done, and so its really awesome to be sitting here tonight in a room full of people who have supported me along the way. I even think, actually, over a couple years ago when we moved to maplewood six years ago getting coffee across the street, with a lot of y