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Communicator and as a political figure she's going to be great and she said i'm here to listen and i don't want him throwing bombs and talking about applause lines and i'm not afraid of bipartisanship and there's policy issues i've been profoundly disappointing on him not following through. and her starting in a place that's so basically and fundamentally construlktive, to me is a good reminder that there's a ton of new people in congress -- >> that's where the people that aren't repelled by his corruption get repelled by incomp tense. because i don't believe there was malfeasance. the trump s...

It's one uptick. >> right. >> it's kind of like saying the sun has shined most of the days of my presidency. it's sort of meaningless. all presidents do that. politically speaking, i think people will watch this speech. i haven't seen any polls about it. most people will have fairly positive reaction on this speech, a lot of applause lines. it was not very deep to the substance. what ronald reagan invented, i brought so-and-so and so-and-so and point those out, we all love those stories. >> i think maybe most republicans might like this speech, diplomats and independents looking facts from the...

Immigrants. then, of course, border crossings, the lowest since 1971. the lowest since 1971. the year david ignatius was born. that's a long time! >> fact checker. >> let me start by saying, i think as speeches go, it was a good speech. i don't know it was a great state of the union speech. it had a lot of applause lines. a lot for people to like. if you were democrat, you probably didn't like it. some things to like. and a lot about economic jobs and things to include on the obama administration since elected on his numbers and a lot on immigration the way he painted immigrants. to me, as a c...

While working with our colleagues. we are going to continue to move along that way. hopefully we can get to that point. >> so about tonight, the applause lines during a state of the union address are always something to watch. when the president talks about the strong economy, the low unemployment rate, the strong wage growth that the country has been seeing, will you stand up? will you applaud? >> look, i mean, i will have to just see how he couches that. i will tell you, in many places in this country including places like where i'm from, the recovery has been uneven at best. there is still ...

An applause and then a jeer, or a jeer and then an applause. you figure out a rhythm that way. >> you try to. you never know how congress will react. you try to allow for -- you want applause lines. if you ever try to have a section of the speech where you just have an argument instead of a series of applause lines you're going to lose. the way the dynamic is now, democrats and republicans all want something to cheer and sometimes to jeer. >> dana: and so my last question to you, david, if you were writing a speech today for nancy pelosi to give in terms of the state of the union what, do you ...