because of the stimulus which i believe really helped the economy. but the rate of increase in spending, the president i think is unfairly criticized for spending when his rate of increase is lens his predecessors. that just proves how easy it is to do. if he s doing what you said, it shows it could be possible all along and will a little bit more than that. shouldn t congress be with session to deal with this. though. frankly, yes. jon: rare agreement between these two guys. this is a beautiful moment. jon: let s take you back to the oscar ceremony last night. big surprise first lady michelle obama was a presenter, presented the best picture award. here is how it looked as jack nicholson tossed it to the first lady. what do you think about i don t know, using the white house as sort of a backdrop for the oscars, any problem with that, jim? well, i mean i admit that hollywood s infatuation with the obamas can get pretty thick as times, with dustin hoffman praising gun con