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Context of divided government where we have been able to govern. and it's largely been because the president could go to use the bully pulpit, go to the population, get the backing of the public then pressure congress. why is this congress so insulated from public opinion? >> i think they produced a level of caucus discipline, that is essentially unprecedented in modern times, and i think political scientists, such as yourself, have shown that. have done the analysis to show the level of party-line voting in caucus. unity is unprecedented. we've moved toward the sort of parliamentary system. t...

I think the support will bump up. this is a good moment for president obama. he's getting a lot of positive press here, andrea. they need to turn this around as they get closer to the mid-terms. and that work starts today. >> and that work starts today, but he also has to -- he has to change the conversation to make it more of an economic argument. because he is subject to some concerns within the white house, that they have not addressed the overriding concerns of the american people. >> and you know, andrea, they've tried out the health care bill as a jobs bill line. but they haven't been ab...

Health care bill. we seem to have hit almost every type of holiday. it was supposed to be done in august. then halloween. then thanksgiving. then christmas. then st. patrick's day. now, it's easter. let's hope it's now finally over. i think that's what democrats and most of a lot of republicans would want. they're pretty much exhausted up here. >> and the reporters, too, i should suspect. thank you very much. meanwhile, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu remains defiant on what he calls israel's right to keep building in arab east jerusalem. >> the jewish people built 3,000 years ago an...

Going to be for harry reid with all these challenges? the amendment attempts and par lamentry challenges? >> first of all, he wants to be sure he knows where he is and i know he's been working to do that. secondly, he's going to need a lot of good, caucus discipline. as they go through the votes, they're going to have to do that. third, he's going to have to play the schedule against the recess. he'll want to be sure by saturday, we've played this out, so that people can keep their schedules and move on to other things. >> well, by playing the schedule against the recess, it's to his advantage...

Obama administration, which is extremely unpopular. the danger for republicans, the balance to have to walk, is to look as if they're being responsible at the same time they say they're not going to cooperate. how you can legislate and refuse to cooperate is a tricky balance. >> and they, of course, have the 13 attorneys general, 13 states like virginia where you've got very conservative lawyers arguing that this is an individual mandate that is unconstitutional. so you're going to see these lawsuits in various states and that's going to get a lot of play. >> it is. and that's going to take a ...