there are republicans who don't like this, democrats who don't like this. everyone who's running for president in 2016 is trying to figure out what their speech and debate will be. this is by no means over and i don't really know obama's strategy in trying something like this. this could last for weeks. >> what do you think his strategy is, katon? is he punting or is he, i don't know, passing the buck? is he punting, passing the buck, or is he being deliberate? >> i think it was extremely clumsy that both the vice president and the president certainly haven't sold the american public that we need another conflict. he did connect the dots with israel's security. he didn't mention iran and the imminent threat we have there with the nuclear weapons on the horizon. and it was just clumsy. and i think the american people, especially going into the 2014 cycle, where we know that the house is fairly secure with the republican majority and the senate's going to be in play, so what he's done politically is thrown the senate question up there. and now that we've gone ahead and paused and we're going to