republican justice on the supreme court to decide how far they can go. the biggest reason for i believe his decline in approval rating is, laura, the shattering of the expectation people had in the spring that once we had the vaccine we're on a glide path to return to normalcy. and the delta wave of upending that and creating this uneasy, open ended kind of structure where we don't know where and how this is going to end, i think that is the biggest weight over the biden administration. and it's hard to see him fully recovering until the vaccine -- until the virus gets under control, which is in turn the key to getting probably inflation and the economy more straightened out as well. >> well, a wait for the presidency for people who are eager to have a sense of normalcy. is it us as a society wanting to go back that we rested on our laurels. gentlemen, nice talking to both of you. thanks for joining the show. merry christmas.