clear it was rejecting the bush-cheney policies, embracing a new approach, and over 18 months later, there's a wholesale rejection going on of the obama agenda and centrist democrats are basically retiring, like chris dodd, byron dorgan, so those democrats who were centered left are taking leave and heading for the hills. jon: you saw president clinton, after two years in office, after, you know, the '94 elections, handed control of congress to the republicans. he moved more to the middle. is this a signal that the obama administration should do the same? >> they have to, job. it's that simple. -- jon. it's that simple. i worked with president clinton, we ushered in what we called an era of small government, we said big government was done, we did welfare reform, decifit reduction, spending cuts, and progrowth economic policies. the obama administration