years. this is not going to be good news for the democratic party that believes in an ideology of change and resuscitating the middle clot. >> eliot, i feel your pain. i do. what is most appealing about this pick and i'm talking about bill daley, is that obama did not go for his ideological twin. he actually picked someone who might challenge him. this is very lincoln-esque. i think you would find that appealing. he is going to surround himself with people who don't necessarily agree with everything he thinks and who are not going to reinforce every thought he has but challenge him and help him see things in a different way. >> the problem is nobody knows anymore what barack obama thinks. what barack obama has done is make him seven an empty vessel once again. because he was so passive over the last two years failing to articulate a rationale for what should have been transformation he let the tea party, one of the most vapid, purile groups out there take over those voices for transformation and now he is embracing their agenda rather