talk. to use one of your terms. the bottom line is this there s plenty of things to criticize barack obama on afghanistan about. not the least of which is this ridiculous deadline of july of next year to have the troops out and retreat. i wish michael steele would focus on that rather than things that he s off base on. but scott, who is the leader of the republican party? who does the republican party turn to now for leadership. the people, the people. the people. the grassroots of america, this renaissance where people are saying we want our country back, we want the constitution followed. the demagogue in chief right now is barack obama. gone is the soaring rhetoric of the 08 campaign and hope and change. he s talking about snake oil on the stump. he s talking about kind of back room basketball tactics. he s the demagoguer in chief. joe, got to have you respond to that. there s no need to fall for that kind of bait. the reality is, his slogan is right. they got things done a