you know, as much as i m proud to be a democrat, i m an american first and re-establishing that connection with the middle. listen, it s powerful stuff and echoed a lot of what he talked about running for president, the spiritual revival he offered of belief in our country but also a belief that our country has to do certain things. it can t be just la za fair, sit with your hands under your butt and cut taxes. it s got to do other things. here he is. let s watch. we also hoped for a chance to get beyond some of the old political divides, between democrats and republicans, red ç states and blue states, that have prevented us from making progress because although we are proud to be democrats, we are prouder to be americans, and we believe and we believe then and we believe now that no single party has a monopoly on wisdom. nothing is more bothersome to me, and howard, you get in on this. you know, this notion that