mr. brinkley, did we see the reborn president today, do you think, with the speech? did he have his gander up? >> he did -- >> sorry, i want douglas brinkley to answer that first. i'm come to you in a moment, mark. >> yeah, i think there is a fighting tone in his voice. certainly unions and construction workers and teachers and first responders and veterans. i mean he touched all of those notes. yet the first lady was sitting by, you know, ceos of companies showing that he's interested in the business climate of the country. remember, congress is not popular. the president is having a very, very hard summer. but the congress he's talking to is about a 13% approval rating. and by giving the speech, president obama is going to be able to -- you know, he's not going to be running against perry or romney per se, president obama is running against the economy and he had to create this jobs bill. he had a good name for it. he talked about a fair shake for the american people. and so i think it's a winner for president obama tonight. but i don't think it's anything historic.