that's far more harvardish. no wonder you are a harvard professor. former vice chair at goldman sachs; he has been pretty uncanny on this. different reaction, one for the treasury markets where they are fairly san begin and okay one for the stock market where they are barney five. come back to d.c. now. do it right this time. republican jack kingston demanding his leagues do just that a congressman from georgia joining us. congressman, if my last guest was right. you don't need to be scrambling like this. what are you saying? >> i think we do need to use this as a reason to come up with a long-term change. and, you know, the market confidence is very important in order to turn the economy around and change and get more jobs. right now, with low market confidence, it's just one more blow. there is too much uncertainty and investors want to stay on the sidelines. congress should do its part by going back to washington, finishing up the appropriation bills and renegotiating with the white house. the white house right now is blaming s&p and arguing with

. >> neil: better than my view, we stink, they stink, far more harvardish. robert kaplan, thanks very much. he's been pretty uncanny on this a different reaction one for the treasury markets where they are fairly sanguine and okay one for the stock market where they are barney fife. do it right this time, republican jack kingston demanding his colleagues do that. congressman from georgia joining us. if my last guest was right, you don't need to be scrambling like this, what are you saying? >> i think we need to use this as a reason to come up with a long term change. the market confidence is very important in order to turn the economy around and get more jobs. right now low market confidence this is one more blow. there's too much uncertainty. investors want to stay on the sidelines. congress should do its part, going back to washington, finishing up the appropriation bills and renegotiating with the white house. the white house is blaming s&p and arguing with s&p on the methodology -- >> neil: nothing is going to be done. the deal you guys came up with, i k