in niece -- these numbers. >> they want to say obama's best days are behind him and his numbers are going down and whatever he accomplished already is going to be as much as he gets done and they want to put the exclamation point on that in the mid terms. poll numbers energize republican strategists. they say obama is not this big person who is a big danger to us in the midterm. scary for the democrats. >> it is scary for the democrats and troubling for the president but i also think some history is worth pointing out and if you read through the full report from gallup they note out that the note that obama is not alone and sort of facing this dip in his second year. bill clinton 43% total approval rating and ronald reagan 42% and all below the majority approval rating of july in their second year in office. it does happen that presidents in their second year in office do have a tough time. >> pat? >> if i were the republicans i would get out of the way. i don't think they are doing