unreasonable, but we're scared that if we don't go along with the tea party agenda or extremist agendagenda, we'll challenged from the right and it was very specific and they toed the line. that's why we see a breakdown of normal routine business done here in washington on behalf of the american people. and all of you know it. i mean i'm not telling you anything you don't know because it's very explicit. you report on it. a big chunk of the republican party right now is -- are in gerrymandered districted where there's no competition, and those folks are much more worry ed about a tea party challenger than they are a general election where they've got to compete against a democrat or go after independent votes, and in that environment, it's a lot harder for them to compromise. all right? mark. >> thank you, mr. president. this week the president of china has visited several of the asian countries that you were going to visit and have had to skip because of the shutdown. >> right. >> he's also take an big role at two of the regional summits, both of which you have made a pretty broad part of