douglas elmendorf responding for questions on those findings. while we wait for members to return, here's a preview of tonight's state of the union message. >> joins on the the phone is linda feldman. can obama get his mojo back? that's a headline this morning mist open. what were you writing here? what will be the tenor of tonight's speech? >> i think the first thing the president needs to do is to reassure the american people that he hears them, that he got the message from not only the massachusetts senate election but the overall decline in his popular in the last year. and then he needs to pivot forward towards what he does plan to do, that he does know that the economy and jobs are the number one issue, and that he is prepared to basically do whatever it takes to improve the situation with jobs. >> host: what happens after tonight's speech when he delivers this message on jobs and the economy? where does he go next and how does he keep up that message? >> guest: he needs to keep pounding away. he has had now two trips on his main street tour, going out into the country. we expect a lot more domestic travel this year than last year. you know, topping into that populis