in the senate race or you set up a website and get a bunch of people to give $10 and create basically your own republican or democratic party, we're witnessing the rise of individual politics. really the minimization of strong party politics across the board. >> even robert the way the party won things pt part of the thing miraculous john boehner moved the goalpost to republican territory but never sells victory to his own caucus. he's reluctant to show how far they have gotten. i don't understand that. >> john boehner is dealing with expectations on the right to achieve certain goals in divided government that are pretty unrealistic. it's hard for him to make that argument because he's in the trenches with them trying to achieve conservative policy. he's always trying to almost gently pour cold water on their dreams. >> is he, though?