discourse we could have another time but i think the history of the republican party from the time of richard nixon where they decided their base was no longer the northeast but the south but i think what i'd like to identify is a shift in the optimism versus pessimism quotient. i worked for jimmy carter and he lost to ronald reagan. what the president was trying to do last night is saying that our economy is better than any other country's despite the things that are wrong. we are a stronger nation than any other by far. he was trying to say let's be calm about the ways we are progressing. and trump and rubio are saying things are bad and getting worse. the position of the republicans has made them say that it's really dire times and we have to change the course. >> do the facts bear that out,