The public's view of federal support for medical research.

Good morning. Even as we gather, the Clintons are preparing for their historic bus ride from Monticello to Washington, DC. I have been thinking lately of the campaign bus as a metaphor for a populist administration; a populist administration that is determined to “look like America.” I think we would all be well-advised to consider how fundamentally nonpopulist is the conduct and image of science-infact, one of my take-home messages this morning is to urge you all, metaphorically speaking, to get on the bus . . . to get out of the ivory tower . . . to get involved in campaigning for science by talking not to each other but to people on your bus