bush whohood a 90% approval rating after the first gulf war, come next november it will be worth diddleyval after the first persian gulf. i do commend, as do other conservatives, that president's decision making and execution of everything from ubl to today's events in libya, all which were predicated on the policies that george bush, the son, put in place. but this is not going to be a cycle that is fought over anything other than the economy, the role of government, reducing our structural debt and all of those things. he has no record to run on. this is not going to supplant or make up for that negativity in this record. >> jamess, if we needed any prof, to borrow your line, it's the economy, stupid, extremely important on the economy, 93%, foreign policy, 56%. the president will have foreign policy achievements but when it comes to the election november, how much do you think they're worth? >> it didn't help churchill after world war ii. we know what democrats lost the first congressional election. you know, look, he's doing better than you would think in this economy, and if things