kay haggan, one of the leading democrats in north carolina, decided not to go to the speech today.in a heat the race. i'm sure republicans will hit her on this. i don't know this was the right decision. people know she's a democrat. people know that she's trying to balance this fine line between running for office in a very competitive field but also not being too close to the president. interesting. we're two weeks into the new year. you already see politics pretty heated up. >> i got to tell you, i agree with you on the kay hagan thing. embrace it. argue for it. talk about changes you would make but not run away with it. i think that doesn't work out for any democrats. i got to tell you, the president, he's not going to be able to get much done with this congress policy from a policy perspective unless he gets the house back in 2014. it's a massive uphill battle for democrats. that much is true. i got to tell you, republicans are putting all their eggs in this anti-obamacare basket. i don't think it's a smart strategy. it might have worked in 2009, 2010, when the law was being de