s administration and seems constantly on the defensive. the most devastating number was thinking about barack obama's term, he can lead the presidency and getngs done, judy, this is apt, remember, since dwight eisenhower, only one person has won more than 51% of the vote in successive elections, that's barack obama and here he is with 54% just a year and half later saying nothing is over but we just don't think you're up to it. that's devastating and it's devastating for democrats. the poll is not good for republicans. >> right, and we have the numbers to show there. if you think the president's doing poorly, look at this. 41, democrats overall 38. the republican party 29 and the tea party 22. but this sense, marx david, the point mark just made about this sense that the president is reacting, what did the president do historically in what do presidents do? >> sometimes they shake things up and fire people, sometimes that happens and creates a new beginning, and the second thing they do is have a burst of energy on an initiative. i think the president's vision on foreign policy has been what we won't do and i think that's had a slow corrosi