already have a budget resolution in place. forget it. >> dead on arrival. >> dead on arrival. not a serious exercise. if the american ever needed serious leadership in a time of economic crisis, and now the president has been absent 65 days. >> you can replay obama from three years ago, and, you know, tax cuts for the rich, the one percent fair share, he's like a broken record. >> the reason it took 65 days to put together the budget is they ran out of game mix and they wanted to make sure they focus group tested the same this morning. this is ridiculous. there's a pretty good column in the wall street journal. >> that you wrote. >> and it's thursday. but the point i make in my column tomorrow morning is this guy is all about politics. the problem with that is ultimately the voters see it. that's why he is languishing below 50% in the polls. >> let me ask you and shift gears a little bit. and ask you about the secret regarding of mitch mcconnell's