thank you so much. in a programming note to pass along. michigan governor rick snyder will talk with andrea mitchell this afternoon right here on msnbc 1:00 p.m. joining me now, the tuesday political power panel assembled, assistant managing editor of time magazine and ron reagan and republican strategist john. we watch this, we have seen what the president has given in his basic last stand against what s taking place right now. the president is going out there saying this is not about economics. this is more about politics. well, i think it s about both, to be honest. if you look at the labor chair of the spy in this country, it has been shrinking for decades. and, you know, in some ways to the extent that unions are viewed as contentious, problematic organizations, we ve got the unions we deserve. if when you work with them in other countries like germany, you get more cooperative unions. so i do think that the