they are trying to learn things? i think it says president obama wants and has been doing a lot of learning from everywhere. he makes no secret about that. it s indicative that he wants to broaden the perspective. it s important for somebody in the office to not be in the bottle. i want to comment on something my colleagues said. he s a tv president. what we have seen is he s clearly not afraid of jumping into cultural and social issues. the mosque comment is not the first time he s injected himself into a cultural issue. it s not a gaffe. i think he should add marley & me to the reading material. he s not afraid of that or the discussion that comes afterwards. they have gaffes. appreciate it. time-out. we can t read too much into the