weeks, it's a window. you have got thanksgiving, you have got christmas. there is not a lot of time. you know the republicans are just -- leslie, they are going to go crazy on this issue beginning on monday. they will go no way you are going to raise taxes. they are going to be screaming and yelling. right now lou dobbs, can i hear him. is he hyperventilating over the prospect that taxes might be raised. i mean, this is what is going to happen next week, leslie. >> i'm scared heart attacks and hyper ventilation. at least i'm healthy with you at the moment, bill. i have to tell you the president has a responsibility, especially if he wants to be reelected of having a great economy. the reality is the bush tax cuts were set for a decade and the bush tax cuts did not help to stimulate the economy. >> bill: they did in the beginning. they got us out of the 2001 recession. >> where are they now? >> bill: we're here because of a big wall street con, not because folks are paying taxes or not. look, leslie. >> that's debatable. it's so fallacious it hurts my ear lobe.