public polling even our own poll that the view of congress in particular is pretty dismal these days. yeah. let me ask about that. mark, when you look at the idea that the republicans don t want to give the president a win, they have to look at our recent poll. basically there s no lo and behold less popular now than congress. there s nobody less popular now than congress. what happens to the base if they re viewed as obstructionist? most people feel something has to be done about the economy. the republican leaders like john boehner, eric cantor, are the ones reading the polls. they ve moved in the direction of being a more conciliatory right now. the question is where does the republican base stand. do they, the rank and file, tea party members also end up supporting parts of this legislation. of course, remember it was during those debt ceiling negotiations that john boehner and the white house thought that