>> for 18 months or so. >> it didn't matter. >> if the opposition is fractured, if he keeps the 46%, it may not be a majority, but it's the biggest piece. if he keeps it. can he get the votes on capitol hill? >> there's a question about the tone and being that ticks surrounding everything. a lot of these moves could have been made without some of the provocative language. some of the sharp edges could have been buffered off. some of the things could have been deferred. there was no reason that immigration order had to be issued, you know, a week into the presidency. it could have been deferred, as jeff was saying, to sometime later on, and instead they decide to rush everything fashd, and sometimes it's important to make a clean entry. think about health care.gov. you know, he may have had a good plan. if you don't come out strong at the beginning, that's all anybody remembers. >> an excellent point. when you say that, it reminds me of what they saidat the homeland security briefing. this will be on the website. explanation will be on our website soon. i think to the point if they had done this more meticulously, you had that briefing at the homeland security. not five days later. you have that day.