feel ss they are the deals they represent, or support. >> there are a couple ideas, to echo what josh and krystal said yes, the economy. people are feeling it now. it took a long time for people to feel it as directly. now they're seeing their friends being hired, family members being hired. there are 5 million jobs that are open right now. i think the other dynamic is that the republican attack machine has slowed down. it was in full attack mode full fully financed attack mode during the midterm elections, so it was hard for the president to get the message out and also hard for the president to get the message out, frankly, because a lot of democrats weren't supporting that message. >> let's not forget it's a pretty low bar when you compare obama to the republicans' ideas. that is, you could put a pumpkin up there and it would be more creative on policies than the republicans. >> krysatl, president obama's approval is 50%s ahead of where george w. bush's was at this point in his...