today's mega panel, sam seder, and imogene and tim carney. what do you -- it's impossible to know, i guess, tim, but what do you think the -- america's population's tolerance of hearing politicians talk about jobs and efficiency but not doing it? >> you have a duopoly, right? republicans who can put out drill, baby, drill and democrat whose put out, one new stimulus or jobs bill. >> right. >> all that stuff. >> what's the point of a duopoly? >> there's no real competition. both guys can find a nice stable balance of providing no value, and so with this blue duopoly and two parties i don't think either party has to provide. obama is hoping the job market will move up slightly and republicans hoping it will tick down and still be bad and they'll win. >> at the same time it is clear