Have any of you seen anything on Obama's visit to Albany

[Ed Pettibone]

He was here to day for the third time in three years. A first since the days of Teddy Roosevelt.

If where him I would hire a new speech writer or maybe he did this on on his own.

From early last week we had been told over and over that he was coming to Malta about 8 mile from us, to visit the brand new Global Foundries, chip factory. all of a sudden on the late news lat night the site was changed to The University of Albany's brand new School of Nano Technology. The Secret Service says it was was for "logistical reasons" which knowing the area does not make sense to me. I have another theory involving the ownership of Global Foundries. I am looking forward to the remainder of the 11 o'clock news.

[Haruo]

Well, are you going to share your theory about corporate ownership, or whether any further explanation was forthcoming on the news?

Personally I have no idea why he was where he was, and I would consider three visits to upstate New York over the course of three years on the part of a sitting President to be nothing intrinsically noteworthy, even if it's statistically uncommon.

[Ed Pettibone]

[Haruo]

I'm not sure how to separate out the governmental from the political for a sitting president during an election year. But as far as Pataki goes, note that ...

[Ed Pettibone]