[applause] i think that if you do not like the way things are going, you have to raise uppe. as we all know, politics is not a spectator sport. you have to get involved in the process. the hispanic community did that last year, yet there were not a lot of victories for all that. what happened in 2011, for all the energy and activism generated last year, as this campaign is about to kick up for the white house in a few months? >> i will talk about where we see our country going. i have to side with maria. i do not think america was great. i think we are seeing is a realignment we saw during the great depression. we are seeing it now during the great recession. we have new industries, a new type of immigrant, and also competing on a global scale again. what happens and the lessons we learned during the great depression was that america learned to take care of our own, our poor, women, and children. now, with the great recession, we have had a lot of legislation that has asked us to step up to the plate to health care, through financial reform, and asks the question -- are you g