justified in moving forward without a full vote. katy? >> matt, i don't know if you watch "the simpsons," but -- you probably do. homer, once in a while, would get mad at bart and strangle him and his head would flop back and forth. i kind of -- when i think about what the president is doing to the republican party, i see that image in my head. as somebody who worked for mitt romney, as somebody who worked for jeb bush, what's your take? >> yeah. it seems the communication strategy is a bit of carrots and sticks right now. the sticks are in full display with mitt romney, trying to essentially scare people into not having a sliver of daylight between the president and the rest of the republican party. >> why does it work so well? >> because it's effective politically. a long list of folks have gone up the president and seen their political careers kind of go up in flames. but there's also starting of a little bit of carrots, vice president pence go to democratic districts. their philosophy is a good defense is a good offense, putting pressure on democrats. protest at a town hall for a