 so far steve clemens is here founding editor of the washington note he's at the aspen security forum in aspen colorado steve welcome to you and thank you for helping us greetings todd it's a pleasure even from aspen even from aspen poor you idris khaloun is here washington bureau chief for the economist in milwaukee at the rnc this week idris and thank you too thanks to all of you idris thanks for being here i know i've covered my share of conventions my friend you've had a long week