critics a golden opportunity to score some political points back home? >> sure, no doubt about it, you're going to see a midterm about it. there's not a lot of democrats jumping out there and looking to have the president come in and get on stage with him and put their arm around him, they know he's a liability. and so when you do feel -- and people feel the country's not heading in the right direction, they can't trust the administration, theyen cat trust the irs, it's very hard to turn that around after six years when you've been in charge, that's why you see the vulnerability by many democrats right now, they're not out there talking about healthcare.gov. now a lot of democrats are in a tough spot right now. >> mark? >> i think ben's over stating the case a little. there are many democrats that will stand next to president