was proposed, the possibility he would speak not from the scene getting in the way of rescue efforts but the oval office backdrop. it is crisis setting for a presidential address. it orients the thing in those terms. is that why the president was reluctant to do this earlier? it s amazing. it s been 18 months since he became president, and he hasn t done this until now. i think what happened was early on, keith, when they found that he addressed congress very effectively and used members of congress to play off of his advantage, they felt like that was his venue of choice, and they re not quite sure. none of us can be sure how he will play in a classic oval office address, whether it will work or not. i think a lot depends on what he says, but they re taking a little bit of a chance here because they simply don t know