>> heather: as republicans wrap up a retreat in baltimore, some are tossing around the phrase, quote, we don't run the government. reminding people that democrats are still in charge of the white house and senate. so is this a case of the gop wanting to grab power without ultimately taking responsibility if anything goes wrong? joining us now, dick, former chairman of the south carolina democratic party and matt, former white house political director under president george w. bush. thank you for joining us. so your opinion, dick, we can begin with you, is this really stating an obvious fact, or is this really a matter of maybe trying to pass the buck in case something doesn't necessarily go their way? >> i mean, i think the headline on the paper ought to be dog catches car, what now? the republicans ran a very aggressive campaign, saying that they wanted to take over the house and the senate. they've taken over the house and under the constitution, no bill