remember, he was advocating raising taxes even during this recession and he just now after the 2010 elections was forced to back off of that. and help provide some certainty and peace of mind for investors. >> disagree, the 111th congress one of the most productive congresses in u.s. history. >> led by a woman, i'd like to point out. >> have to work that in there. led by a woman but the crux of it is the unpopularity, at the most productive and the most unpopular congresses ever. >> that's the genius. here's a guy, all right, who the democrats are mad at him. he hasn't been progressive enough. the republicans, many of whom -- my family is all republican, they all voted for obama. so he's been willing to do what he needed to do to stay the course, risk being unpopular. that's a lot of political will to do that. >> maybe we found some sort of christmas passion here in the center. we all came together and maybe we can have republicans and democrats -- >> that's because they both have red ties. >> we all support christmas.