regulate wall street, to guarantee that women are entitled to equal pay for equal work or low-income kids are entitled to health insurance versus a party whose only goal is to fight for wall street and fight against an economic turnaround. >> but don't you have some sense that maybe the republicans and all the obstruction has frustrated the country so much that people are thinking that the democrats can't get anything done? i don't take issue with what you've said. you're exactly right. a lot of good stuff has worked, but also their strategy to a sense has been somewhat successful. would you agree with that? >> i do think they have pursued a strategy just as you described and they basically decided, look, if we can fight president obama on everything, and not just on policy, when he wants to speak to schoolchildren on the opening day of class, we'll fight against him on that, even though other presidents have been extended that courtesy. we'll put in bills suggesting that he wasn't a u.s. citizen, which members of congress, republican members have focused on. >> disfocus the country.