house passed bill. i don't think there's much doubt about that. he was trying to give the president all the authority he had before. not just some of it. >> but he had a house problem because 200 republicans voted against mcconnell. >> i get that but that does not mean that the president has been on this issue an effective advocate with congress. he hasn't been and when it comes to these issues which are a little out of phase with the way he campaigned he's not good about it. >> it's funny to blame him for the fact that mitch mcconnell cannot -- >> i'm not blaming him for that. >> i'm sorry. i thought you were. >> i want to ask about isis and the split inside the democratic party. a center for the new liberal foreign policy think tank came out with a series of essays and points this week which were critical of the way president obama is conducting the war against isis. they called it failing. they said he needs to find a new