kusinic, marsha and john. good afternoon, everybody. it is good to be back in ohio. in 2008, one of my last rallies in my presidential campaign was right here in the cleveland area. it was a hopeful time. just two days before the election. and we knew that if we pulled it off, we'd finally have the chance to tackle some big and difficult challenges that had been facing this country for a very long time. we also hoped for a chance to get beyond some of the old political divides between democrats and republicans, red