cut that spending at the same time they're willing to raise taxes? >> of course not. they only talk about raising taxes now, and give these phony excuses with lear jets and everything else which don't make a dent in the kind of spending this government does and the kind of deficit that this president created. lets r-- let's get real. this president has not led on and all of a sudden the president woke up to the fact that the democrats are calling for leadership, the american people are calling for his leadership and the leadership is not demonizing republicans over taxes, it's democrats spending too much. >> jamie: chris, will let me ask you the final question. the president's response to the address this weekend. senator coates said why can't we live within our means, why is that a difficult concept to come together on? >> i think we have a different opinion on what our needs are.