has managed the crisis to date. so far it's not given a boost as sometimes happens in some moments. what do you make of that, robert? >> well, i think part of that, alex, is we live in the idea of rallying around the president and the administration is part of a bygone era. that doesn't mean there aren't really some important things that he needs to get done in this speech. his handling of the economy and inflation, we've been taught to think how the jobs numbers and how people view the economy, when there's great job loss, there is. because we are nearing full employment and gaining a huge chunk of those jobs that were lost during the two years of covid, inflation we've seen affect, quite frankly, across