talking on thursday and he l and said basically right now republicans are in such a good position electric forly because of the situation -- given the situation. not much can be done to turn the economy around as it is. that is something that is very much on voters minds. that is something that republicans want to capitalize on in the coming weeks. >> gregg: recriminations are endemic in washington. the president promised the stimulus and keep unemployment below 8% and that failed and then a promise of summer of recovery with half a million jobs, that didn't work either. opposite happened -- is there a sense on the hill that president obama here as overpromised and that his failure to meet his own announced expectations was a political mistake? >> that is great question. i think that quite a new democrats are frustrated and