in part, for what i began. he accentuated gay rights. we re getting energy dependence. he said we shouldn t be on a war footing forever. he ended two wars. these things may take awhile to get into the history, but if he set things in motion that show a forward movement in social justice and defining inequality as the issue of our generation, then he will be remembered. how do you see it, rich? i thought the state of the union was a banal speech in the service of picuyne agenda. big clinton played small ball with strategy in the mind as part of an effort to associate him with middle class values. this to me feels different. it feels is much more like exhaustion, and doris kearns-goodwin can cite all these historic executive orders over the decades. none of the things they re talking about at the white house are anything like that. i would say it s a nod to the reality that this term is not going to finish with some flourish of legislative accomplishment as we saw in 2009 and 2010.