pollution. >> john: i'm joined by our esteemed panel of basil smikle, richard socarides and dean obeidallah. dean, i want to start with you on this one. was today's crackdown on carbon dioxide a way to win goodwill with environmental groups, to give the president political space should he decide to approve the keystone pipeline? >> i think that's part of it. of him trying to have an agenda and not being reactionary to what's going on with the i.r.s., with edward snowden with benghazi. since he's been re-elected, second term sworn it -- in, it has been a defensive environment. >> john: this president hold on. that's tyranny. by making this end run around congress, will there be blowback from the move? >> there will probably be blowback from congress. i think it is a good plan. the president has a long way to go on this before he can assert any claim that this is going to be his legacy. people who, in the environmental movement have waited four and a half years for something like this. they were expecting this right out of the box. in the first term. so you can you know, it is a good plan. it