overestimating the political gain they can get from passing this bill. it's going to be much less important for their political fortunes than what happens to the price of gas. we've seen an adjustment in the democratic message where they're talking about inflation and this big spending bill as a way of addressing inflation, but it just doesn't smell right to most people. it's not a bill anybody would put together if your primary goal was addressing inflation. it's just -- it doesn't sound right to say the way we address the problem of the moment is by doing all the things we wanted to do before it was a big problem. and i think presidents get into trouble when what they're most concerned about is not what the public is most concerned about. >> people are concerned about those issues, though. all of those issues, whether two-year college, pre-k, universal health care, making sure we expand medicaid for our