brink, giving the american people a lifeline, whether it was through the extension of unemployment benefits or providing states and local government with the relief they needed to ensure that they could hire public safety employees, as well as educators. the truth is, john, is that the president and the democrats have done a lousy job in marketing what they have achieved. and i think once everyone in america understands what the president and democrats have been able to achieve over the last 15 months, they will come come around and support the president. has he dropped 16 points among whit amerins on the economy because of a marketing problem, or because they don t like what they re getting? i think it s a timing problem. they haven t seen the results yet. the president i thought had a wonderful metaphor, as kind of a small-town guy myself, he said, it s like coming to a farmer s field not long after the seeds are planted and said, where s the corn? the corn s not here yet. th