Acknowledging that the American People are better off than we were seven years ago. Even he understands we made important progress. Connell the Senate Majority leader is here, Mitch Mcconnell is here to talk about his book called the long game. Should have a nice long talk about that. Interesting to hear the white house 8 you as almost a source. Dont know where they got that. I have been saying the opposite. The middleclass is shrinking, the worst recovery after a deep recession since world war ii. The number of people on food stamps is at a record level. The Labor Participation rate is where it was under the carter administration. I dont recall saying anything optimistic. Connell maybe we are better than we were at the depth of the recession. It was convenient for the white house. Another way of looking at it is how does this compare to other deep recessions . The worst recovery after a deep recession, the pattern frequently always has been the deeper the recession the quicker the dow