you've run for congress before as an r. any plans to do that again? what are your political thoughts for the future as well? >> i have no intentions of running for anything besides mayor. always leave your job open. i know never to say never. but mayor's the best job there is. and i intend to stick with it. >> i'm in the middle of an election so i'm focused on november, trying to get re-elected. that's the only election on my mind right now. >> i wanted to follow up. you did have this quote in the paper the other day about the federal retreat, the great feral retreat. i think that was the way, maybe u can reprize the quote for us. it was interesting. i was wondering where you put the blame for that? >> again, we know that the federal government has massive deficit, deficit reduction is incredibly important. on the other hand, every day when i get out of my carat city hall, someone i know is going to walk up to me and say, you know, mayor, i need a job. i've never had anyone walk up to me and say, mayor, you know, they really need to do something about