also having worked with joe lieberman, i was very grateful to an editorial that he wrote dispatch"ichmondking about the types of things we were able to accomplish when i was in the senate, breaking away from this calcification that has affected our governmental process and getting things done. i know this is the big issue being discussed today, problem-solving. how do you bring problem-solving into the very complex world of getting things done in our governmental system? the first thing i would say to only haveot intentions in this area, if i have the right support to become the next president of the united states, i have a record, that i hope people will look at. what i would like to do in the few minutes that i have with you today is talk about two examples, case studies, if you would, about the approaches we took when i was in the senate to actually get things done, and move things forward. senators, fellow during my tenure, who would come to the end of 5-6 years, and say they were not able to even get an amendment that they introduced to a vote on the senate floor. i will take two cas