that government can work for the private interest. >> they think the president has to jump on air force one and go to swing districts currently held by republicans and point out the bridge that would be fixed in that district and the school that would be repaired and rebuilt in that district and show teachers that would be hired in that district. can air force one get around to enough districts to make that happen? >> people sometimes know how strongly they feel but think the other side, more easily influence. doing that kind of thing is hard. i believe the president should try and will try. let's go with the metaphor here. air force one is a transport plane. it's not a bomber. he can't go over districts and bomb them into submission. this is the sad part. what's dominating the republican party electorate today is not americans as a whole but those that vote in primaries. what you have is a fairly small number of republicans but to their credit they're the ones who vote and people don't vote have no right to criticize them but the primaries that determine who gets renominated are the most right wingers. you see them move far to the