u.s. and pakistan has done downhill the last five or six months. compare the relationship with karzai which is as good as it s probably ever been in this president s administration considering karzai wasn t a big fan of obama at first because of press bush and now everything has flipped. this notre dame lawsuit a big challenge coming right after secretary sebelius was booed when she gave a commencement speech at george two. there still is this catholic issue. political problem? it depends on how quickly this advances in the courts. you and i aren t lawyers but play it on tv. this feels like one of those cases that in order to fully resolve it, it might have to make its way all the way to the supreme court a year, two years away. it throws it in the spotlight now but there are a lot of republicans who don t want to see this issue come back because it did sort of light the fire on