night. the fact that there s been so much infighting and intransigence has frustrated voters and democrats in the state. i ve been talking to sources on capitol hill today. democrats who are trying to make the case well it s not necessarily the intransigence. but the bottom line, chuck, this administration did not have a clear enough strategy when it came to getting its own priorities passed through congress. and that s why you re seeing this intransigence in action. let me ask you this, kristen, is anybody having this sort of larger philosophical conversation there yet, which is, did they misread their own mandate. it does look to me, a lot of suburban voted for biden over trump. they were looking for normalcy,
you saw that swing ofwomen, fo the democrats. and problematic about energizing the base. look, i agree, we got the points on the board, right? we have a very popular agenda if we would get out of our own way and pass it exactly. and pass it, we would have passed this a month ago. we re going to pass it and say why have you waited. because of the infighting. obama passed a lot of things that were really popular as well, right? we know because we tested them. it really helped, eight years for the voters. it s not simply about passing things that are popular we ve got to give people something to vote for. and quite frankly, when you look at the energy of the base right now, they been marching on the streets and the polls for bridges and roads.