and a very narrow majority in the house as well. and they tried to do more than any president has tried to do with less in terms of their majorities. i think another point about this is that there are two elements of a presidency. one is the ability to rally public opinion. it s been said that a president can only do as much as he can get the public to go along with. this president has not proven to be effective as kind of a bully pulpit communicator. i think that s one of the questions about his leadership style. he has great empathy, he has passion, as we ve seen in some recent speeches, but in terms of that kind of uplifting leadership, i think that s still a question about him. and then the second, as kaitlan noted, he s operated as a senator for a long time, and he still has those instincts about quiet conversations and back room conversations, but so far those have not produced what he had hoped to produce. so i think the question is what does he do at this point?