president is clearly very challenged. a lot of people certainly huge majorities in "the washington post" poll this week show that americans really don't have confidence in either party. they don't have confidence in the administration's ability or in congress's ability to fix the problems. to lead in a new direction or fix the economy, principally. >> it's incredibly important that we make an effort to come together. if that's what americans are looking for. that's what president obama have been pressing for. unfortunately as we saw in the debate over the debt ceiling deal at the end of the day, president obama and congressional democrats were pushing hard for compromise and the republicans were adhering slavishly to the tea party. and compromise was ultimately reached, but not without dragging them kicking and screaming. in this campaign, it's one thing to have disagreements, it's another to have opponents. but i think americans want us to