restore measures that get fund for very specific things like the parks around headstart programs. harry reid isn't bringing those to a vote in the senate but you don't hear much about that. how much of this is actually hurting the gop in your view and the public's eye? >> it's not good for the gop but i think the big mistake was ever allowing it to happen. the fact is they didn't have the votes to do what they wanted to do and what the house did which was to fund obama care. it couldn't go all the way. and here's the problem. the republicans essentially have rescued the democrats. the democrats were going to own the launch of obama care this week. it hasn't been a pretty start. it would have been totally on them and all throughout the 2014 elections, the elections would have been a referendum on obama care. the republicans have given the democrats an opportunity to change the subject and talk about shutdown rather than talk about obama care. so it's really the gop's gift to the democrats, taking what was a noose around the democrat's neck