it devastated the political fortunes. 74% of americans disagree how republicans handled this. the american people don't want this country to be managed from crisis to crisis with government workers or head start programs or military contractors being used as tools or a fantasy. >> well and that is why -- >> wait a minute, marsha -- >> that's why we pass bills and send them to the senate. >> okay. you go right ahead. let me play you a clip from president obama talking about speaker boehner today. >> speaker boehner, for example, him negotiating with me isn't necessarily good for the extreme faction in his caucus. it weakens him. so there are repeated situations where we have agreements, then he goes back and it turns out that he can't control his caucus. >> this is a problem, isn't it marsha, blackburn is president obama doesn't know who to talk to. does he speak to speaker boehner