host: jon cohen, thank you very much.e will be talking with byron york and christopher hayes in about 20 minutes. as we mentioned in the piece about -- the piece from "the washington post," "the party has been reinvigorated and democratic you risk has been restated. the senate seat, the majority house seat, of and the legislative chambers, democrats thought that people voted for them because of their agenda. an agenda that they had not bothered to share with the electorate in the first place. and now the party's bungling has resulted in the highest disapproval rating in a gallup polls in history for president after his first year." caller: i am cop -- cautiously optimistic. before i get into why i am cautiously optimistic, i would like to say that i love c-span, i think you for the equal and balanced portrayal of the issues. the collar that was likening it to blend back and everyone else obviously got their channels mixed up. the reason i am cautiously optimistic is what has occurred in massachusetts was a good thing. i a