theory. >> also preposterous. >> massive plan. >> you know, obviously the sort of suspense and drama has racheted up given the new white house involvement on this. i wonder how you think this plays for republicans on whole. >> the optics are not good for the gop, in my estimation. they play actually quite well into obama's rant against the house and against the do-nothing congress. the economy is hemorrhaging, jobs aren't being created at the pace the administration had hoped or the american people had hoped, yet here we are in the muck and mire of another congressional investigation to where? i think the charges with respect to fast and furious are serious ones. certainly the death of an agent cannot be diminished in any respect. but to have this sort of devolve into the political realm and become this sort of hyperextended conversation that leads to what, a vote of no confidence, it just to me gets