to russo u it was probably man's ability to figure out how to make everything better. to burke it was to figure out how do i keep progress coming? not fast, not abrupt, but keep it coming. i talked a minute ago about the progress of parliament from regicide to the choosing of the hanivs in the 1700s. parliament was always there. the day-to-day life of englishmen didn't change all that much, and they focused on history, daily experience, past experience, and tradition and. and tradition isn't dry at all. tradition is the every day life of today looked at 40 years hence and one of the concerns of today is that we may be abdomen abdomening traditions and years of experience which have kept us progressing. that's a thought about burke that applies to today. you need to ask yourself whether when candidates talk in terms of the america as we had known it what burke's position would have been and more importantly is our position going to be as we have choices to make going forward. burke, tradition, history, experience, survival in times of potential upheaval, i think describ