communications equipment to gin up their supporters, the people that they have enlisted in the cli sid side-- countryside and flood these congressional ofces with what looks like authentic grass roots opinion. but is, of course, unlike, u know, the b political parties which represent a broad spectrum of voters with a whole broad set of interests, these volks ve a very defined agenda. and for the most part their agenda is to protect what they already have in the statusco. so this kind of interest is perfectly letimate, nothing undemocratic orim legal about it. but they have become so powerful now that they have beco really barriers to making any major change that affects their status. >> i think our standing around the world is lower than any time in my memory, substantially lower than any time in our memory. 80% of the american people think we are on the wrong track. so we have to return to a situation where america's reputation can be restored, and doing so, i think we have to begin to solve problems not through armed forces but through the soft power that has been so effective around