32% for the gop in congress. yet they can't pop the champagne bottles yet because he's starting to trend up. this is not across the board. >> and that's why you have so many republican senators out there yesterday saying this whole idea of nixing the payroll tax cut is a major mistake for them. they are undermining their own position on taxes. this is a democratic president with a big advantage on taxes, not who do you care about more or who is looking after health care? this should be a republican issue, and this is where the president's out ahead. yes, joan is right. because they have message consistency and discipline. they are breaking through on some of these bigger arguments, on jobs and middle class stuff. it's also because he's projecting strength here and the other side is projecting complete disarray. he's got a very weak opponent or a bunch of different on sglenpp >> joan, when you look at the polls and the matchups with the potential republican opponents, you have president obama at 49, willard at 46, president obama