grant park when we had gotten the call from -- and he was gracious, by the way. we had gotten the call saying that the opposition had conceded. we were at grant park backstageand my mom, who was 90 two years old who liked barack, the president is standing with us. theythey said now, ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the united states, barack obama and that vice president, joe biden.biden. there is a picture of my mother holding barack's hand and he is saying, is going to be okay, honey. so my mother walks us both out on stage. [laughter] he just looked like, okay. [laughter] here we go. the key has been that we have great trust in one another. and our staffs, at least half of the president's staff for my former staff members. and so it rests upon one thing, defining what it is that you want to do in determining whether or not the president-elect he asked me what portfolio do we want. i can take care of cross jurisdictional issues but i don't want to be put in a position where am cutting someone else's grass. two things. he is president and gets to make the decision unless there is an overwhelming disagreement on principle. he knew i meant that for

grant park. there are a million people. we're backstage and my mom, who was 92 years old, who really liked barack, liked the president, she is standing back with us and they said, now ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the united states, barack obama and the next vice president joe biden. there was a picture of my mom reaching out and grabbing barack's hand, and he's kind of looking at her funny in the picture. and she's saying, it's going to be okay, honey. come with me. and so my mother gets up and walks us both out on stage. i mean, and barack just looked like, okay. here we go. but the key has been that we have a great trust in one another and our staffs are most of -- at least half of barack's -- the president's staff were my former staff members. and so -- but it rests on one thing, defining what it is you want to do and determining whether or not the president elect agrees with you. he asked me, do i have any conditions? what portfolio do i want? because i talked to fritz, i said, mr. president, i don't want any portfolio.