in a while. mike barnicle is still with us. sorry. and steve rattner as well, financier. joining the table exactly, you should be sorry. national affairs editor for new york magazine john heilemann. and in washington we have the president of americans for tax reform, grover norquist. with a very ominous capitol behind him. speaking of ominous, you re a little upset about theo leaving, about the boston globe story talking about the red sox. bad stuff, huh? the whole thing is such a nasty, ugly grotesque cota to a grotesque end of the season. mika, let s go to the news. that s what we say when we lose. when we win when you win you go on forever and ever and ever. it doesn t stop. i wish baseball season was still going on. baseball season is going on. is it really? are the phillies winning, the