president obama being re-elected. ton of the candidates have the chalk to take him on. some of candidates that would have been worrisome to me, tim pawlenty, catering to the tea party is much it's killing his general election credentials. anyone who thinks they have a shot is going to jump in the race because the field is so wide open. but as we see in poll after poll, none of the candidates are exciting the republican base. none of them are coming anywhere close to president obama in the general election matchup. >> eric: todd, do you agree? do you think none of the candidates are exciting the republican base? >> no, i don't agree at all. the only poll numbers that matter right now are the ones about president obama and the mood of the country. most of the republican candidates are relatively unknown. here is what we know about president obama. he is at his lowest point of his entire presidency right now in terms of the job approval rating. fully two-third of the country think we're going in the wrong direction.