so at least they seem -- the democrats at least seem to have a game plan now. >> sam, this is reminiscent to me of the night of the attempted grand bargain between the speaker and the president imploded. and each provided their own narrative. but i remember a takeaway, at least from my perspective, was to think that speaker boehner just did not have control of the gop members of the house. now, i'm watching what's transpired in the last couple of days, and i'm going to the same conclusion. what's yours? >> there's no other conclusion to reach. you almost feel bad for speaker boehner in a way, because while he's fighting obama on one flank, he's getting badgered on another. and if you look at the same abc news/"washington post" poll, one number that stuck out to me, 45% of self-identified tea partiers disapprove of republicans in congress. that number was at 73% approve just last spring. so speaker boehner has no love from his base, and he's constantly looking over his shoulder and he sees eric cantor just waiting for him to fall, and he has to balance these two interests, which is why he gets