the american damsel is tied to the tracks and the engine is bearing down and the question is whether or not congress at the last minute will come to the rescue and save this country. >> government's going to save the country. i like senator durbin's analogy but what he didn't tell us is he's driving the train and all the cars attached to the train are medicaid, medicare, food stamps, the military budget, the department of transportation. that's what our problem is right now. we have gone so far afield from what our founding fathers wanted in terms of a limited, central government bound by the chains of the constitution. yet, if you're one of the pushers up on capitol hill which is what senator durbin and senator harkin and the rest are, they think it's great because they get to buy votes with our money. >> i'll build on dan's analogy a little bit. where is president obama with this train bearing towards the damsel on the tracks? instead of rising above the