and democrats blute timing. and as you know, margaret, in politics, timing is important. we'll get the bills done, but we're going to get them done weeks after the election. we should have got them done weeks before the election. >> brennan: over the summer, terry mcauliffe said part problem was that president biden is just not very popular. is the president a drag on the party? >> well, look, if a president can get two legislative houses of his own party to deliver, the president suddenly becomes pretty popular. and i know the president and the white house has been frustrated with this as well. here's my prediction, margaret: you're going to see the infrastructure bill-- it's on its way to the president's desk-- he'll sign it. i hope he does a bipartisan signing ceremony. you're going to see us get this education and workforce bill to his desk. and then what people will be saying about joe biden is he had probably the most consequential first year of anybody who has been president in recent times. last week, the elections on tuesday weren't good. but you also had a recor