i am nancy livingston, i cha ir the board of act. we want to welcome all of you here today, particularly our sister organizations in the arts. we are so thrilled to be putting down serious routes -- roots here. the kind of work that will be done here is very different from what we're doing elsewhere. we have amazing opportunities to do cutting edge work, kind of grassroots and community-based work we do not have the opportunity to do in a 1000 seat theater. we are thrilled to welcome all of you today. as the mayor indicated and everything you have read in the newspapers, act is dedicated to putting down community roots in a significant and serious way in this area. the costume shop has been here for a while. we are dedicating and inaugurating this brand new space. we have dreams of putting in a second stage in this neighborhood. we want to be good neighbors and good friends. come often. bring your friends. thank you so much for your support today. rusty? [applause] >> we have to think another institution, the irvine foundation. it is

livingston had more votes. but in his take last night at the debate he said i wasn't going to hang around like nancy did. >> put it on somebody else. it's vintage projection projection projection. he would love to have stayed. he just didn't have the support in his caucus to do. so but you know what, that's neither here nor there. what's important is not what job he has but how many jobs are created for the american people. that's what this election is about, the future. it's not about newt gingrich's past. it's about america's future. who's going to be better prepared to take us into that future? we have great confidence in president obama, a great leader with great vision, knowledge, judgment, strategic thinking, and passionate about our great country and able to communicate that message. that's what this is about. no use wasting any time on the past. >> not on the past but let's look to the future. you make your case there passionately for president obama. you also understand it's tough re-election climate for any president, democrat or republican in this economy. because of your history with speaker gingric