issue of the ground zero mosque. it is whether or not the american people perceive barack obama to be a strong leader, a strong president. >> bill: i think that's a legitimate point that he doesn't seem to handle these kind of situations, the cambridge thing with the cop and the professor, the swing of arizona. alicia, there is a growing perception that barack obama is in over his head. when you see his reaction to fort hood massacre. when you see the christmas bomber. the khalid sheikh mohammed. i said yesterday they should build a mosque and federal government should help and then try khalid sheikh mohammed in the mosque to get both issues blended together. so there is a growing perception that president obama just can't handle this kind of stuff. >> i think there is also another perception that he has been able to accomplish a lot in a very short period of time. whether or not you agree with the thing. >> bill: that's a partisan perception though. i understand why you feel that way but the polls reflect. >> is it a partisan perception? don't you think there is a sort of common denominator here that regardless of whether or not you