a few years ago i watched ted kennedy and dan quayle meet in the floor of the senate and a sort of grabbedach other and hugged each other. there were so happy to see each other, and their faces were like this are a part. there were talking and laughing and hugging and grinding together. i was up in the press gallery saying get a room. i do not want to see you two. these are the politicians and the people who run our country. the fact is, they would not do it if they did not care about the country. the life is actually not a glamorous. we in the public are sometimes a little too suspicious of them. they have their failings. they have a fear of being alone. they travel in packs. they are like emotional for year-old, but they do care about the country. the country is now led by one of the most remarkable politicians i have ever met, barack obama. [applause] i met him early on when he came to the senate before he had achieved messiah status. i see him in off the record settings once a month since he has become president. i had a chance to have dinner with him a few weeks ago at a columnist's h

i once watched ted kennedy and dan quayle meet in the well of the senate, on the floor of the senate and they grabbed each other and hugged each other. and they were so happy to see each other and their faces were like this far apart and they were talking and laughing and hugging and grinding together. i was up there in the press gallery saying get a room. i do not want to see you two. but these are politicians and these are people who run our country. the fact is -- [laughter] for better or worse. the fact is they wouldn't do it if they didn't care about the country. the life is actually not that glamorous. and they wouldn't do it unless they thought they were doing some good. and we in the public are sometimes a little too suspicious of them. but they really -- they have their failings. they have a fear of being alone. they travel in packs. sometimes they're like emotional 4-year-olds. but they do care about the country. and the country is now led by one of the most in fact the most remarkable politician i've ever met. barack obama. [cheers and applause] i met him early on when he