react. >> i don't think anybody thinks it is going to succeed. what is interesting. chief opposition is not coming from republicans it is people like me and don't understand why we have to stay there forever and wonder what is going to lead us to victory? that is the underlying discussion at least we got a glimmer. >> alex, you are getting in the next question. bob herber, day of the petraeus hearings and the day they began. he wrote wrong track to stress. gulf oil disaster and joblessness epidemic and war in afghanistan has put the nation in a funk he said. the media in the same funk. >> being a president is a tough job . lots of bad stuff. we can argue how much from bush policy and obama policy. but when you are the president and bad stuff happens you are blamed. >> some things the media are happy about.