question is, are you surprised that he became president of the united states, knowing who he is? >> i think growing up like we did, no matter what your parents told you, we never thought you could be president. no. no way. you know, it was up until the election night that i was like, "really?" [laughter] >> "you actually pulled this off?" so i think our lives are limited in that way, and i think one of the beautiful things that we will get from this presidency is that young kids now only know this man to be president of the united states. so for so many, they can see themselves. so am i surprised that he's doing a great job? no. i knew he was ready for this. i always told the voters. i said, "the question isn't whether barack obama is ready to be president the question is whether we're ready," and that still continues to be the question that we have to ask ourselves. are we ready for change? are we ready for sacrifice and compromise? are we ready, you know, to really make