president. i'm convinced of that. that's why the majority at least of my democratic colleagues continue to fight -- >> so can the president accomplish anything with john boehner when he has the gavel in his hands? >> you know, ed, this is still a democracy. if your viewers and other viewers will say, look, we're not going to vote for you if you don't do the right thing, we talk about 400,000 jobs, but 280,000 of those jobs are teachers. imagine what happens when you have to have 60 students per teacher in a classroom. nobody's going to get educated. and that's the next work. that's our future workforce. we're killing off the seed that -- >> and you think -- >> -- that will strengthen the future -- >> and you think the american people will figure that out in the next year. i think they will, too. but i think they're awfully frustrated and beyond. congressman, great to have you with us, my friend. thank you. i appreciate your time. now let's turn to katrina van den heuvel, editor and publisher of "the nation" magazine. what do you think about this issue? jim moran -- or jim mcdermott telling me earlier today that there are members of the