there, all across the political spectrum, who said before the election that both ahmadinejad and hamine had an interest in rebuilding ties to the u.s.. they wanted to negotiate a deal. it would be easier to make such a deal if there guy won. i wonder if you could comment -- whoever wants to -- whether those calculations have changed. if you can put yourself in the place of those guys running the country. what their considerations now when figuring out whether to approach the obama home -- the obama administration, maybe not now but when the session opens in the fall, with some sort of offer to talk to the united states? of course, i think we ought to respond. >>, and was there in march and i came away with the feeling that the clerics, the regime had never felt so powerful, that it had so many trump cards in dealing with the united states. just across the board. it felt almost cocky. we are expecting in there were an overture from the united states -- and the last couple of days obama did make his message -- that any deal, any serious negotiation would have to include a lot more than th