keep that level of leadership going. keep the strength going. keep the belief that this is important for the country s future. if he does that, i think that he puts the republican fles a difficult spot. if they say no and turn down the bill itself or turn down most of the components of the bill they look like they are just being negative to hurt the president. the last thing the president s got to do though, al, is if the republicans come up with some good additional ideas, and they are good sound ideas, he has to incorporate some of them in the bill to show sea leader, he is strong, but he is willing to accept other people s ideas when they re good solid ideas. michael steele, i heard that where you were watching the president s speech, you slipped off to the rest room so you can stand up and applaud and no one say that you were doing something that a republican shouldn t do. yeah, yeah, that is about how it happened. no, look, the president gave a great speech. he always does. he