john connolly was lyndon johnson's man that had taken texas away from him. at is a big, big -- >> how long did connolly serve? >> two years until he became the chairman -- >> this isn't even two years. >> he served for two years and became chairman for democrats for nixon. >> it's not unusual at the mid way point to have a changing of the top personalities. what is a little unusual here is that they are announcing it before the midterm so that the exit after the midterms won't look tied to the disaster if a disaster unfolds. nobody is going to miss larry summers. he was a part of the culture that created the crisis that we had and i don't think that he ever had much credibility, certainly with the left of the party and with ordinary people and the prescriptions that he put in place basically rescued wall street and the banks, but didn't do much for average folk. >> is that the culture you are talking about? >> and timmothy geithner who remains the thin read that we are all leaning on, i think at one point said we saved the economy, but we lost the american pe

running against john connolly or bob dole or george bush a house while a 250,000 donors and made all of the defense budget ronald reagan in space was a conservative movement was fuelled by direct mail in those days. >> university of florida yaf. i want to ask the question to stay on this optimistic same to assume we have majorities in both chambers and heavily influenced with teaparty members how would you give a vice om john boehner how to sustain the maturity and the leadership to keep their relevant and keep the momentum going and politically on the move selachian contie to get through the 12 and 14 and 16 and 18 elections of it all fall back the way the last republican congress did in that everybody's so heavily criticizes. they may get there and say we're here to stop that which may give them 55 percent approval but with the advice would you give going forward? >> >> in a fundamental way to take refuge sie the instinct but it is like the old guy that says some of my friends are for the bill and some of my friends are against the bill and families with my friends. what the public