I didn't know there was a reporter in the audience. But the Salt Lake Tribune has a full length write-up of the talk I gave at the University of Utah law school on Monday. It nicely quotes the central punch-line of my (new) presentation, which obviously differs in tone from the talks I gave before the Democrats retook Congress in November 2006:
"Now is the time to talk about solutions," Mooney said.
You can read the rest of the article here.
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