White house and we should not gloss over the fact that this was something that was genuinely brought about by grassroots activism. By some very, very aggressive very canny grassroots activism. The president yes it is really theres an old adage in politics, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. And this is its very similar to dont ask, dont tell. Where we saw activists chain themselves to the white house. They werent quiet. They didnt just kind of allow, you know, get in line. They were very loud. And they didnt just attack the people who they were most diametrically opposed to. I talked with one of the founders of united we dream last night and well talk to her again after the speech but she talked about this decision that they came to when they realized that they were banging their head against a brick wall when it came to talking to republicans like john boehner and the other House Republicans who, inarguably, were the most responsible for their plight and so they decided, listen, we wa