donald trump's approval rating against independents is in the 30s. the other thing that happens is that their base is usually depressed. have you this dynamic, particularly in unified government. we saw this in '94, 2010, 2014 -- 2010, excuse me. the party in control feels they're not getting enough done. they're not meeting their promises. and that is exactly the kind of toxic combination they're sailing toward at this moment. democrats are talking about resistance and see trump as a threat to everything they hold dear and republicans are saying when are we going to get anything done, ignoring to some extent the executive branch actions we talked about before. they are very nervous. in particular, john, one other point. whatever role president trump played on the inside game on health care he was a complete failure at the outside game, not providing any air covering, no public support. this bill faced enormous opposition, even mixed to negative reaction from