passed is by working with people on the other side of the aisle. so for democrats, it's important to continue to -- certainly for the administration, it's important to continue to work closely with republicans to try to fashion legislation that works for everybody. and that's the only way to get things accomplished. you've got to be practical and pragmatic. certainly bill clinton was somebody for president obama to learn from because he was successful doing this after massive losses in 1994. >> joe -- excuse me, bernard, let's launch off of what joe just said. how might the gop mitigate some of those wings they had in the lame duck? >> if i were the republicans, i would be concerned. why? the american people were very clear they wanted the parties to come together and get the job done for the american people. so what happened? the american people wanted s.t.a.r.t. passed. it got passed. the american people wanted don't ask, don't tell repealed. it was repealed. when they look at the president, 56% of americans approve of the way obama carried himself during