you know, when the next week is an historic statement by the president in support of same sex marriage, it goes so fast for the voter to process even. >> it does. so given all those things, all the viewers out there. i would say our nbc "wall street journal" poll is always referred to as the gold standard. incredibly stable. a lot of good information out there. and so it gives a very, very good barometer. one thing that is important. there are so many polls out there. and you don't really try to interpret what's going on but i will say, there has been a lot of instability out there given all different events right before we head into the summer. >> absolutely. and i don't want to put you in a situation where we're comparing or contrasting at all but "the new york times" poll showed mitt romney ahead but the president having large favorability number. it is not to compare but it is to your point of being able to process this information. especially when vaebs move so quickly. >> politics is always important to remember that things go up