administration. we know it is nowhere from being resolved. add to that, though, this, that politically the president is doing fine. the president's approval rating at 45%, which is roughly the same as other presidents at this time in the presidency roughly the same as the week that he took office. how does this all go together? >> let me try to explain the unexplainable and see if i'm slightly correct. you two tell me if i'm right on this. one is we have an incredibly low employment, an economy, you know, that is doing well, not helping everyone, we have to point that out, but certainly the perception is we are getting our mojo back. we also don't have a nuclear showdown right now. you go back six, seven months ago, we thought that iran would be -- we thought that seoul would be wiped off the earth, well, right now it looks like there could be some reconciliation on that. so i do think people's fears are going down a little bit. i also do think, kate, people