unless there is some strategy that is later revealed about why the president tweeted by the tapes what you're left with is the sense it's just a little bit of nonsense, right nothing about james comey says that he can be be bluffed -- whether you like him or not that he can be bluffed or pushed off his stance. so why the president thought that he could do that to director comey is a little bit baffling. if you panned it out though a little bit and think about what david gergen said a moment ago, i agree, the president's approval rating haves never gone lower than 35 never higher than 45 since inauguration day which suggests to me on the one hand he is not losing a lot of supports but also not gaining a lot of support. and you know we're sort of hardening into camps into the country and we got to find to way to have a a little bit of better dialogue. >> david gergen i'll give you the last point since we were discussing what you were saying. >> at the same time we got to hold him accountable when he has big issues before us that are important to people's lives like the health care bill. of all the things that have been