national nurses united heal america. tax-loss >>> there are a slew -- tax on wall street. there are a slew of good things that 1%ers are for. >> he is not really offering of a lot. >> he is talking about being taxed less than his assistant. there is a group of patriotic millionaires. it is the belief that you owe backe to a country that has helped to make you what you are. steve jobs -- we had a tough column in the last issue. it was tough not about apple labor practices in china. here you had a man of great wealth was talking about cutting taxes and never really gave of his philanthropic wealth. poor bill gates, he gets nailed for being so square. you can disagree with some things. but he is out there. >> all of them out there now came a little late to the party. they got very rich, very young. i wanted to leave some time for audience questions. i have not read more questions from the audience because they are also good. usually it is the guy with the aluminum hat on getting cia messages. [laughter] not really. if you want to line up, we have a few more minutes at the mic

healed that standard high. that is three syllables that summed up the united states. i don't know if there are six syllables left like that in americaing to be that different from the campaign trail. expand the middle class, strengthen the middle class. >> he's going to be speaking in the next few minutes. we're going to take a quick break, hear from the president over at the candlelight celebration. as question go to break, more from the gramling university marching band. ♪ >>> the grambling university marching band. the vice president of the united states is about to speak with dr. jill biden. let's listen in to hear what they're saying at the candlelight celebration, the national museum. >> that means so much to me and joe. joe and i are thrilled and i know you feel the same way to have barack obama as our president for another four years and michelle as first lady. and i may be a little biassed, but i couldn't think of a better man than my husband to help our president lead our country for the next four years. as long as he has the privilege of serving this nation, i know that joe will keep fighting for american people every day

healed that standard high. that is three syllables that summed up the united states. i don't know if there are six syllables left like that in americas not going to be that different from the campaign trail. expand the middle class, strengthen the middle class. >> he's going to be speaking in the next few minutes. we're going to take a quick break, hear from the president over at the candlelight celebration. as question go to break, more from the gramling university marching band. ♪ >>> the grambling university marching band. the vice president of the united states is about to speak with dr. jill biden. let's listen in to hear what they're saying at the candlelight celebration, the national museum. >> that means so much to me and joe. joe and i are thrilled and i know you feel the same way to have barack obama as our president for another four years and michelle as first lady. and i may be a little biassed, but i couldn't think of a better man than my husband to help our president lead our country for the next four years. as long as he has the privilege of serving this nation, i know that joe will keep fighting for american people e

healing state of mind. >> the way he first came to national attention was his famous 2004 democratic convention speech, most memorable line not red states of america or blue states but the unitedca. it is a part of the register which comes naturally to him even though it's been a polarized time. this is something he could strike. the only inaugural address i had a chance to work on, jimmy carter's, the main thing people remember that, the opening line, thanking gerald ford for what he had done to bring the country together after the trauma of watergate. >> the democratic grace is important. the one contrast when ulysses grant gave his inaugural, used the end of the speech to tell how badly treated he had been and claim vindication in the election. >> does a speechwriter write a draft and the president marks it up, sends it back? does the president write the first draft or sketch out an outline and speechwriter fills in the blanks? >> it's different for each president and circumstance. the worst speeches are always the state of the union addresses because everybody sees them coming a year in advance. by four years into the administration with a president who is a known accompli