here, when you have one party democracy, one party ruling, basically and the other party basically saying no, every solution is suboptimal. when you re chief competitor in the world can produce optimal, and you re suboptimal, what happens whether it s health care or the energy bill, the 1 through 50 cost a lot. the 50 to 59 cost you a fortune and 60, his name is ben nelson. by the time you made those compromises the description out of the health care bill, which is this contraption, i hope it passes, i hope it works, but i can t tell you i think it s optimal. i ve been wanting to share this on meet the press for some time. looking forward, beyond the elections this fall about the political future of president obama, here are numbers that people may want to keep in mind. these are the unemployment rates in key states, in 1982, well into president reagan s first term. look at the screen. michigan, 16.8%. alabama, 14.3%, ohio 13.9% down