it's a personal pleasure because ambassador eisen and his wife, lindsey, and his daughter, tamar, are personal friends of mine and my family. as you mentioned, i guess the reason i'm asked is that norman is one of those stateless people who lives in washington, d.c. so i occasionally do double duty by introducing such people. as you mentioned, senator sheehan, ambassador eisen was given a recessed appointment that was disposed of at the end of last year. he had a distinguished career as a lawyer here in washington and then was special counsel for ethics and governmental reform in the white house. i regret that it was necessary for the president to make a recessed appointment in this case, but perhaps there is a silver lining here in that we can now judge ambassador eisen based on his performance over the past six months and that from all that i have heard has been really exemplary. since arriving in prague, ambassador eisen has been a whirlwind of activity, winning everything from the czech government to the american chamber of congress whose leader has said, and i quote, "in your sho

message that starts, dear prez-o, and bashes him for talking about the economy and for having the tamarity to visit massachusetts. it is signed by the people of the massachusetts. the republican party of the state of massachusetts claiming they could sign for the whole state is a bit of an overexcited stretch. but in the massachusetts republican party's we wish the president wouldn't vacation here sarcastic letter, it ends with this ps. ps, aerosmith wants their tour bus back. oh, touche! the aerosmith tour bus. the massachusetts republican party just nailed the obama administration for using the aerosmith tour bus, except the aerosmith tour bus was actually the one that was used by the bush administration when they sent president bush's treasury secretary and labor secretary and commerce secretary out on a six-city midwest bus tour in july 2003 to give political speeches trying to build support for bush tax cuts. they did actually rent out the aerosmith tour bus for that tax cuts tour, complete with black leather sofas and a mirrored ceiling. ew! so the massachusetts republican party whil