obviously lacked. and that just hasn't been here. so someone has to find -- go and look for the real joe biden and bring him out of whatever white house room he's been hiding. >> it's interesting because during his press conference yesterday of almost some two hours, you know, he talked about mitch mcconnell and how mitch mcconnell is just focused on opposing everything he does as if it would be some sort of a surprise. i mean, mitch mcconnell famously had said that about president obama and president biden had a front row seat to that. >> well, right. and it's usually the task of the party and the opposition in particular this republican party to oppose the president. but one of the things i think the president has misjudged early on for a variety of reasons is he misjudged his mandate. he thought he had a mandate to be a transformational president. lbj could be a transformational president when he had an overwhelming majority in both houses of congress. president obama had a moment to