lets take a look how it shapes up in each party, how this vote shapes up right now. lets start by look at the democrat -- this is a quote from tom cole, republican from oklahoma. this is what he said yesterday. obama hasn't got a chance to win this vote if he can't win the majority of his own party and i doubt he can. he is a war president without a war party. richard wolffe looking at the democratic party, democrats on capitol hill, what do you make of that assessment? >> lets come back to the british situation for a start. the reason they lost was actually because two things, they were incredibly bad at votes, two or three dozen of the conservatives own majority were on vacation, several of the government minister. you have to be able to count and win votes. when you look at the democratic party clearly a substantial minority that will vote again this resolution. so the only way this gets through is for both sides of congress the majority and minority to come together. you're not going to have a clean