it also talks about where things are going in terms of the institutions in america. not just government people are upset with. it is a collective anxiety. i think it has a lot to do with the economy. future concerns about our competitiveness and so on. it is not a good number. if you are running for office now you are probably concerned about november. greta: here s another number that i think is stunning and the question whether the government has a negative effect on people s day-to-day lives? in october of 97 i think you have to look at other numbers to understand. in october of 97, 31% had a negative said the government had a negative effect on their day-to-day lives. that number has risen to 43%. that reinforced that earlier figure of some of the growing dissatisfaction and distrust and unhappiness. it would be interesting for us to go back and look at trends since the founding of our country. this is a little about what we are about. in our democracy, which is a