joining me now is ryan grimm, washington bureau chief for the huffington post.oth for being here. >> congressman, despite headlines, this was a year of achievements for the president. am i right? >> absolutely right. the president has been on point, cool, calm and collected, meaning what he says. when you check out his pre-election statement, you'll see that he is living up to the promises. when you talk about health care it's done. when you talk about ending the war in iraq and afghanistan, he's doing that. when you talk about the improving economy, it's there. what's funny, reverend all of a sudden when republicans were talking before about nothing happening with the economy, now i see grover nor quist admitting the economy is turning around but they're trying to take credit for it. that's laughable. >> here's a funny headline. it's not the obama recovery, grover nork wist says it's the gop recovery. that's right, "the new york times" says grover nor quist may have heralded a republican shift on the economy. he credited the budding revival to the party's auste