one of those competing, adam hayes. >> how are you doing?doing good. >> for the past five years he has been working for special olympics maryland. he is not only a special olympics athlete, but the chairman of the athletic congress, an organization within special olympics. >> i get to do so many different things that a lot of people thought were not possible for me to overcome all of those barriers and challenges. >> last summer, he carried the olympic torch in greece. it was part of the international law-enforcement torch run. he said it was an unbelievable experience. >> i got to cross the acropolis. greg? >> achievements -- >> but achievements that some thought they'd he would never achieve. with hard work and determination, nothing has stopped him. and working for special olympics means he can now help other athletes. >> i'm getting back to an organization that means so much to me. -- getting back to an organization that mean so much to me. >> and this summer, adam will be competing with again, his 17th year of competing. >> people have

adams, 1824. rutherford b. hayes, 1876. benjamin harris, 1880. so it's not enough to win the popular vote, you have to win the electoral college. and it's explained in there but i'm not going to go through it here. is stapled -- fabled dewey beats truman election does have similarities that are relevant to today. truman rather famously rant against the do-nothing congress, and president obama is doing the same thing. tom dewey was the former governor of new york, and a progressive. much like mitt romney once was, former governor of massachusetts, and some think mitt romney still this. in any event, julie was not as conservative as the republican-controlled congress and truman successfully tied him to the do-nothing congress. and that gets me to today's politics, because mitt romney is broadly acceptable to the american people, in a way that his party is in. so his challenge is to establish himself as really a centrist conservative. and to keep some distance from his party, particularly the house republicans. the obama campaign's challenge is to m