you worked closely with bill clinton. what do you think of the comparison? >> i think that the vital signs, dr. gupta, are not political polls. i'm not sure what a minor medical number might be, but that's what this is. the vital signs here are jobs. can he create more jobs? we don't have enough jobs being created in his presidency. i think he's doing all he can and i agree with his economic fearry but the reality is, we need more jobs. the other one is income which usually go as long with jobs. if he can move the needle, bill clinton set the economic policy that got 3 million jobs and then the rich got better and the poor got better. those are two things he needs to do. move the needle on jobs and raise incomes and all this punditry is a contributing to global warming as far as i'm concerned. >> eric, you -- you just heard the comments made by lots of people that shellacking that president obama took. no argument that getting "dont ask, don't tell" repealed is a huge victory for the president. roughly 70% of the country