because he called michael lurie, and talking about conservation, and it was not portrayed as thank you forgiving this guy a second chance. look, president obama is a president of a diverse country and he should have gotten involved. there are a lot of people who wouldn t have known who michael vick was, and richard nixon would have, or kayne west. so it was not the main reason for the call and it was pretty much at the end by saying, hey, thank you for supporting this guy. and second chances are what america is all about and obama, himself, may need a second chance here in the election, so we will see. and good point, pat. final question, here, do you think that he has a chance at mvp? no. i think that tom brady is pretty much wrapping it up. well, he has a chance, and everybody has a chance, but tom brady has that one wrapped up. but also, there s another connection that cnn has not figured out yet, but the
baby-boomers may not feel like celebrating the new year. the u.s. is on the brink of a retirement explosion that could leave an entire generation in financial pain. wolf blitzer is off today. i m suzanne mall sow. and you re in the situation room. there are hundreds of thousands of fliers that have horror stories to tell, but this may beat them all. passengers on a flight from vancouver spent 11 long frustrating hours stuck on the tarmac after landing in jfk in new york. they got off of the plane this afternoon. many are angry. they re trying to get answers from officials attica fay pacific airways. take a listen. welanded. everything was normal. welanded, we came to the terminal. then all of a sudden, the captain was very, very good, announced that there would be a short delay. and then half an hour later, another delay because we didn t have a terminal to come in to. that took us to about 5:00 in the morning. another delay. kept on going, every hour, every hour. no