say, mike, what s the surprise? a lots of republicans would say, yeah, we weren t surprised because the barack obama that stood on the capitol steps yesterday was the guy we thought he was the last four years, was a progressive laying out a progressive agenda for the country, something we have a problem with. now the shadowboxing is over, you have the real guy, what do you do? what do you do? you confront him on the issue that unifies all republicans. that s the federal debt. i actually was really disappointed. i wasn t surprised by much in the speech yesterday and a lot of what he said s just not going to be implemented. he was playing for history, al, i think you re right. i was really disappointed by what i thought was just petty partisan talk on social security, medicare and medicaid. medicare and medicaid will bankrupt us, ask bill clinton s former keefe of staff, erskine bowls.
unemployment, he could say, it s not just me. republicans are on board, too. sure. the president basically at this point, if you look at 2012, he s shadowboxing. there s nothing to fight against. he s got a democratic congress, democratic house, democratic senate, he runs the white house. if you put in bill clinton proved this, when a republican congress came in. if you have a group to fight against, that certainly is helpful because it gives people a choice of governing in washington. right now the democrats are running things. the other thing that does, it gives the president a chance to move to the middle. a lot of people are looking at independents always when we go into any election year, midterm or presidential, it gives the president a chance to moderate. in order to win the famous triangulate, it gives president obama a chance to work with republicans if they were in charge and to come out with