a little, nobody had to give everything. then it became a crisis that became the opportunity to do the things that you never thought were possible. >> there are people who think that if obama had been more of a schmoozer that maybe people like you were too partisan. that somehow he needed to reach out. you don't think that? >> we're just one golf game away from singing kumbaya. they had a political strategy. the reason i say that, mitch mcconnell on the day he gets inaugurated says what his strategy is. he enunciated it. it's in the paper. he said, "we're going to do everything we can to stop them." everybody else thinks how do you be a better golfer with everybody else. how would they get along. they told you the strategy. now, could the president on the margins done the things that people talked about? yes.