get a very different story. take a look at this. the gap between president bush and congress at the same point in his presidency, 14%. bush was 14% above. the gap between president clinton and congress was 17%. and where is obama? is he at bush levels, as we have heard, in comparisons to katrina, is he he at clinton levels, a popular second-termer? take a look at this. president obama, 30% higher than this congress. and is so doesn t that tell a part of the story, which is we are in a period of american history where people are unusually upset with washington and yet the president outpolls his republican allies and opponents by 30 points? you know, i think that is certainly good news for this president. the bad news about those numbers is those people who disapprove of congress, disapprove of republicans, disapprove of the democrats, all the same. those people are more likely to vote republican, even if they, you know, look at washington and
year and a half in office fchl it goes down another 10%, it s a 35% territory and he loses congress or really, really tight. i think losing congress could help him. bill: but that is speculation. we never do that here in the factor. talking about 2012. bill: i m saying to you if his approveal rating is down to bush levels, okay whrk the president bush left office there is no way he fins wins. you re telling me democrats aren t going to say hey, maybe we ought to bring her in? i ll give you the last word. i think if he s a 30 anyone in his administration is going to have the same kind of approval rating. only an outsider will be able to challenge him effectively. bill: she can take a hiatus. i don t think it would be credible. secondly if the economy continues to create jobs the president is able to move up,