the president with can say anything he wants, kris, about the state of tunion, what's goig on, the opportunitythe nation's political agenda over time. it's become of course this annual i vent. so from time to time it's become an annual type of event. you know, technology has a lot to do with this, as well because, you know, originally he just talked to congress. often they just sent a little message, you know, written to congress. but with radio, it was broadcast, then more recently of course with television it's been broadca broadcast. it's been an evolution. but now when times are tough, as you say, wow, people are gripped. >> no chance to duck it. what do we expect to hear from the president? the last couple days we've heard other analysts talk about, you know, jobs, jobs, jobs. >> yep. >> then, you know, this return to civility, as well weather a lot of the lawmakers choosing to sit not as their own party separately but together with one member of the other party. >> this is a different year. every year seems to be different for one reason or another, but this is a different year. nobody k