i tell you a story about pinehurst. dr.orwood, now deceased, dentist from augusta, georgia. i went to his funeral in augusta. there was an old man about my age with a big sign with these words, "thanks, charlie." i wish it had been in the next morning's paper. but norwood always would go out of his way to put down pinehurst as opposed to augusta. never missed a chance to do that. so one day when i left the floor, one of my colleagues said, what's the makeup of your district? norwood heard the question and i said my district consists of the furniture capital of the world, high point. say that, and i think we probably are. one of the best zoos in the world, i said to my colleague. and then knowing that norwood was listening, i said it in a condescending tone, i said the golf capital of america in pinehurst. he came out of his seat. he said i'll give you furniture and zoo but you ain't taking golf. i told that story to the rotary club at pinehurst, or southern pines, one of them. i think it was pinehurst. that story was told t

i told that story to pinehurst. that story was told to them someone called norwood and told them what i had done, so he was waiting for me when i came back to town next week. i finally remembered that exchange. of course, i was right. furniture, zoo, and golf. >> so were you able and has it been the same here in congress to develop relationships with other members? >> pretty much so. yeah, you hear a lot of talk about how partisan everything is and it is partisan, but we live in a republic where there are only two major parties. partisanship is going to be inevitable, so that in and of itself doesn't bother me. i've got many good friends on the democrat side. my mommy and daddy were democrats. i would say easier than much of the media would portray it to be. >> congressman howard coble, over the years, congress' approval ratings have gone up and down and currently they're pretty low. why do you think that is? >> very low. i'm not sure that i can put my finger -- get my fist around it because i don't see that much ch