tim o'neill did not want congress to be seen in a bad light but, but finally we did get television. the cameras only showed the person's sleeping, not those sleeping and picking their noses. -- the cameras only showed the person speaking, not those sleeping. the democrats finally came around to tell as congress, but it is still not able to speak with one voice. as you mentioned, it still allowed us all kinds of critics of the administration to have their say. i think the people, at least for now, there is such a good will for obama that they are a little irritated and the people are already complaining about the administration before his policies have a chance to work. >> does anyone else want to respond on that? >> i would just point out that one of the many factors that makes this presidency and this current situation unique is that the president, the vice president, and the chief of staff are all former members of congress. they have a firsthand experience across. ron emmanuel -- rahm emmanuel is intimately knowledgeable. joe biden has been a senator almost as long as i have been

i worked very closely with paul o'neill and john snow and was in a position of heading up the international division before tim adams, two people with remarkably long and strong records in the private sector. and i think it is important to have people with management experience, executive experience. washington, of course, is a lot different, and and in ministration at any time is different than a corporation. but those skills i think are important. i think we need to find ways and government to be more effective and more responsive. and it is much more difficult, in some sense, because of all the players, turf battles, debates about how to proceed. but i think it is important to get that right. i see obviously from your question the room for improvement. host: today's "the wall street journal" editorial that focuses on ben bernanke and his role. he will lead political courage we have not seen since paul volcker was chairman, to exit from all of these efforts in time to prevent another bubble. talking, of course, about the housing and credit card bubble. guest: again, i think it is a very good point. first of