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President being decisive, whether you like it or not, is still more appealing than a sense of a president being stuck, unable to do anything. at least it looks like he got his mojo back. >> yes. i would think the frustration for some republicans, joe's not here so let's try to get balance here, is they've been painted as the party of no completely, angry and vit r angry, and while this is historic, it may not be what people in democratic districts necessarily want, health care reform. it is historic, but it may not be necessarily what people completely had their arms around. >> to mike's point...

55% now, compares to 51% in january, 42% in october. >> we can bet all of this, though -- this was planned to come on the heels, dan, of the health care vote. all of this is to bump up the president's favorability rating or how people feel he's doing his job. some people are saying maybe he feels like after this health care vote he's gotten his moe joe back or getting his mojo back. have you heard that? >> reporter: i have not heard that. the administration has always pointed out while this may not have been on the front burner, not something you see on the front pages of the newspaper eve day...

Hospital. the president's going to be introduced by her sister. the other piece of it, at these road shows, the last before the likely vote, have been very effective for the president to get his mojo back, to say to democrats who are waivering, listen, this is how we're going to sell health reform, by taking on the insurance companies and by playing this emotional card. >> you know, here's the thing. it's not that republicans don't know the same sad stories of people who are dying without access to good, quality health care, it's not that they don't see that there's a problem with insurance co...

It must just be driving him to a place of despair at this point. you can see it in the fight he has now when he's out there talking on the road about this. >> peter binart wrote about the president obama we have seen in the last week. basically going out on the road. he says he's gotten his mojo back because, and he said, quote, he's given up the dream that he can transcend the partisan divide. do you agree with that? >> it wasn't wrong for him to have that dream. that's what we like about him. i think he did come into washington thinking, you know what, i can talk to these people on the other...

Conservatives show up and say, damn it, this is the way we're doing it. get out of my way. it's like people kind of like that. democrats show up and gut out the guitar and want to sing kumbaya. nobody likes that. whatever i can do to help president obama, because i think he has a good heart, i think he cares deeply about this country and about the people that are hurting and suffering. the 47 million that don't have health insurance. it must just be driving him to a place of despair at this point. you can see it in the fight he has now when he's out there talking on the road about this. >> pet...