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I know mattis a little bit. i know him more than some, less than others as a reporter i've kept in touch with him in the last year and the recent month. i think he's going to be a guy who knows the press well, knows washington well, knows how much he has to communicate what's going on. the idea of any off-the-rails mad dog is not true. this is a guy who is welcomed into washington salons even when he disagrees with everything washington is doing. he has that kind of respect. >> quickly, guantanamo, hans nichols mentioned at the top of the hour that may come up in president obama's speech next ...

Like ben better -- bernanke and the other head chairs are saying? >> we haven't had a real recovery in four years. we really haven't. you just get the feeling that the economy is ready to pop. the argument though is everything washington is doing is holding back this expansion. that'sou the frustration investors and businesses feel. on the positive side you have the energy -- i highly agree with your conversation that technology are just drivers ofy high how perked -- high powered growth. but the force are the higher tax rates that are coming in 2013 and some of the regulation s in sew bough m...