they politically do have a smaller base. the president is the president of the entire country, and if he is to be re-elected, he has to be re-elected, you know, across the country. that is a much broader constituency than some of these congressmen, that all of these congressmen are playing to and any of the senators are playing to. they have different political audiences they're playing to when you look in terms of the sheer politics of it. in terms of the sheer policy of it, nobody was going to leave capitol hill and have everybody's paychecks go down january 1st. that was the reality of the policy of. >> they're saying turn off your cell phones, turn off your blacker be black b blacker be berries. we're waiting, watching for president obama to walk out from behind the blue curtain and stand in front of the curtain and sign the tax cut bill into law. we're waiting for that moment to happen. i want to go back to you, candy, you looked down the line two