the polls and forcing the people in the middle to look at two bad options. >> sandra: are you better off today than you were two years ago? >> of course, the substance is very strong. i hope it wins out. honestly to this tone point i think the best thing about the president is his tone. i don't think he should have changed it. the whole point of donald trump was to come in and be different and speak differently and behave differently. why? people for decades have had politicians with great tone who delivered terrible results. republicans and democrats. they had an elitist policy agenda that benefited the rich and screwed working americans. the point of donald trump was to come in and tell them they're wrong, they're a disaster and support evidence by the useless mainstream media. the tone was absolutely central to his populist appeal. >> i guess. i agree with marc on this one. i think the president's tone has been problematic if he wanted to celek i can gains and