levin." mark: michael pull pillsbury, nancy pelosi is celebrated for going to taiwan, you have to give her some really a limp noodle with our enemies, why did she do that. >> i believe two reasons from 1990s on nancy pelosi of a human rights activist against china, almost arrested in tiananmen square in 1991, a good friend of the dalai lama. there is a more cynical reason, that republicans have been captured national sentiment on china as a threat, you get polls coming back 80% of public thinks that, democrats were positioned poorly, they seemed to be helping china, apoll apologizing for china, i think nancy pelosi and her team recognized this. in many ways this performance in taiwan saying we democrats are tough on china too, if she comes back and cooperates with republican initiatives that will be a good thing. i would be impressed but if she gives a cold shoulder to everyone that republicans' to do, then we'll have stye say it was a hypocritical trip. mark: congress seems distractive under the democrats, pretending they will be able to cut the deficit. even though reports come in now saying