pledge, going to protect social security, and of course the new deal, the foundations that made this country great. mr. president, you need to do that directly. my commentary on that tonight. eric cantor is not just the new house majority leader. he is a major voice of the republican party, but he won't distance himself from the birthers. and he refuses to condemn the birther talk as crazy talk. and when congresswoman michele bachmann talks about the new slavery, she may or may not be speaking to the tea party but she sure isn't speaking to the best part of america. now bachmann is setting herself up for a presidential run as she gives her own response to the president's state of the union tomorrow night. this is the story that has me fired up. first tonight, folks, less than 24 hours away, president obama will lay out his vision to help america lean forward. we need to get there on jobs. the president previewed his