chaos and instability. to me, the question is when this becomes really obvious to everyone that you elect a president like this and this is what you get. the government is shut down. american foreign policy is in chaos. when that becomes manifest in people's lives which is slowly starting to happen. >> heather, react to that. i go back to asking max rose about whether people perceive what's wrong. >> the midterm elections show people perceive this is absolutely a president and a party that no longer has authority -- moral authority or policy authority with the american people. it was a record win for the democrats. again, a record low approval rating for the president. record numbers of days on the golf course. that's one thing we can add to it. >> filling up the guinness book here. >> i'm glad you mentioned the deficit. as a policy person, that's one piece i'm just agog about the fact that the republican party