heileman, to me, one of those great questions. who are these 13% who like the job that eric cantor did this year? that boehner did this year? that pelosi did this year? what did they do you could approve? >> the ones on the far right ideologically, the people behind the movement of the tea party into power. the mid-term elections last year who wanted the outcome of the debit ceiling debate was a good thing, who said it was a good thing, on the side of the holdouts in the republican caucus. there are people like in in america. but to go back to the top of our conversation, the unpopularity of congress is one opening that barack obama has. there is an opening here for a truman strategy to run against these guy, because they are broadly unpopular. even the republican party, broadly unpopular. obama can get mileage attacking them starting this week and carrying forward to next november. >> proof of that pudding, john harris, is a new poll number, never seen one like it. if given the option to vote on every member of congress -- if you

frustrating is it for you that -- as you know we're all tough critics around this table, but haleprin, heilemanking about somebody else. rick perry may get in the race and now the flavor of the week, chris christie may get into the race. does that frustrate you? >> no, that's your business. you've got to find some excitement, got to have some intrigue. >> we're not the ones flying chris christie to the reagan library. >> that's part of his business, trying to support his campaign for reelection, for his agenda in new jersey. and who knows, maybe he decides to get in. but i can't control what other folks are going to do. i can control what i'm going to do. and i can get a quick bump in the polls by saying outrageous things, but in the final analysis, i think people will move toward the person who will get the economy going again and who understands the challenges that america faces and knows how to deal with those. >> i want to read you something that bill kristol wrote after the last debate which it was a situation that looked like rick perry threw up on himself. but no front runner in a presid

john heileman, you have been talking about it this morning. in a while. but certainly the corridors around here, everybody's still talking about chris christie. that chris christie. i've heard it five or six times from people in different spheres, chris christie is passing up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to jump into this field because the republicans want him, the field is weak, and the president's weak. >> i was in the austin -- this week and i was talking to matthew dowd. and he wrote about this on a blog post. he says he still in his gut feels like we're not -- we have not yet seen the man who is going to be inaugurated in 2013, the field is still open. and i think matthew is reading the same thing that a lot of us are reading. i have been saying for months i don't think anybody else is getting in the race. but there are a lot of republicans looking at these guys and still not in love with mitt romney, seeing some of the warts on rick perry, and they still think christie. chris christie. you hear it all the time. it's deafening. >> and