reality? the president said it was his thought that covid would go away quickly. it's just the reality of life, covid has not disappeared. the president said inflation would be fleeting. it is anything but and people know that when they fill up their gas tank or go to the grocery store and now as they order their holiday gifts. he said it would be orderly. it is not. there is a disconnect to what americans see and feel to what their president says. >> the buck stops with the president, essentially. the president promised a number of things. he had a broad agenda when he was campaigning. he said he would unite the party, he would unite the country, and he would solve a lot of problems the country faced. it's only been 10 or 11 months, but there are new problems that have cropped up over the past several months that democrats are still trying to figure out how to coalesce around and figure out a solution.