send to the president create more jobs, stop spending, fix the economy. the next most common answer compromise. when we asked for a message people wanted to send to congress one in three americans said they wanted lawmakers to work together. the top response, by far. we didn't prompt them mind you. they also wanted congress to get to work, represent constituents, fix the economy, and stop spending. overall americans are frustrated and growing more pessimistic about their leadership in washington. a tough situation for president obama. if you put our numbers in context you'll see the situation is very similar to the one president bush faced at the start of his second term in 2005. let's bring in the team who conducted this poll, democratic pollster peter hart and republican pollster mcinturf. bill, i'll start with you, because you wanted to add this one question about the -- about