but we're going to identify a sweet spot on a number of issues where we have a view, kplon platforms where we can deescalate a tension driven, arms controlled race karkt us-- characters. our taking down two wars, we're trying to figure out how to deal with increasing problems on the financial side of things. we're trying to work together to get economies balanced and to get people back to work in a very big world where the europeans are our number one trading partners and we are inextricably intertwined. but domestic clip here at home i would say as a recovering politician, people better start paying attention because this is a democracy that is not a sideline game. it is a representative democracy, which means people have to sit up, show up and vote and we're losing that battle and we're losing that battle unfortunately, i think, because if there's more cynicism because it appears to be chic than there is really an imperative for people to show up. but part of it is, you know, the sense of partisanship. if we can get to where heather wants to be which is bipartisan national security