Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110123:14:49:00
Countrymen, and he had to country the men in moscow that he would protect american interests every bit as much as this legendary figure who was going out of office. so there's always the perception element in what a president has to say, but there is also the reality of addressing a deficit that right now is on the agenda. it has not been in recent years. if nothing else, i think you can say probably the tea party, like ross perot, a generation ago, has succeeded in forcing both parties to at least acknowledge that there is a problem and that it will have to be dealt with. >> if you had to pic...