president start with his own deficit commission plan or recommendations? something more palatable. he knew the republicans would never touch his plan. >> bob: why won't they touch it? >> andrea: because of the tax increases. we just went through the big deficit fight. they knew the plan would never pass. they don't care -- >> bob: the republicans are against reform. >> greg: the whole strategy was that he was going to play the victim. the exacerbateed mother, trying to get the brats, i.e. the republicans, to eat their peas. they will not ate their peas and hopefully when the election rolls around he can say they're the bad guy and he is the good buy. >> bob: take profits offshore and send jobs offshore and refuse to hire people until they get a republican to kiss their butt in the white house and then they'll start informing people. >> eric: how do they pay for it? i watch enough tv and do enough researching and reading. how will they pay for it? all he has done is say the