variant. when we look at our polling, more than 70% of americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction. to me that leads to -- whether it's the economy, covid, afghanistan, whether or not you think that congress is paying attention to what is the most important priority, it is this kind of sense of, things are off right now. even though there are so many numbers, whether it's economic, jobs numbers, that you can point to the right direction, hey, no, things are a lot better than a year ago, but right now americans don't feel that. the good news for democrats is that the midterms are still 11 months from now and maybe there starts to be some equilibrium on better economic numbers, better job numbers starting to penetrate voters who say, hey, the country is headed in the right direction. at least right now democrats do have time on their side. >> let me ask you about something i alluded to at the top of this show and that is the big question around joe biden will run again and how that actually impacts things at the