david, though, let's discuss the politician. president obama has been seeing his best approval ratings since he took office, but there are people on both sides of the aisle coming out about this that aren't happy about the move here. how is this going to play out for the president? also is there a window for potential gop presidential candidates to capitalize on this? >> i think the mean that the helps are trying to put fort is the president is somehow weak on this, and i always try to stake a step back and say, what are the alternatives? would we rather see john mccain who ran for the office and lost? would we rather see george bush? i think most americans take a look and feel he's a bit more level-headed. the problem i think the president will face is articulatic an end game, articulating a goal. that's different. that, i think, is a time-related