just sort of, you know, wringing hach hands like come on, let s do big projects, and republicans for years have had this story line that we have to be fiscally responsible, there is no more earmarks, there is no more pork. and so there is that tension between them. but you know, washington is all about give and take. so maybe the republicans give up some things and go along with him on some of those issues. all right, everybody. sit where you are. we have so much to talk about. big protests were unfolding around washington and the world. now thousands, maybe tens of thousands are getting ready to descend on the capital to demonstrate. ster that i didn t t because i m adopted. that was me. it was really exciting to find myself in someone else.