they are -- they have been supported in the past by business and should attract republican pup sort, but the reaction was chilly even from democrats who say that they extending the tax rates for the upper brackets -- tax cuts for upper brackets and still an ternal debate among democrats themselves, disagreeing with the president and not fully embracing the economic proposals, some of themad sayin we wish we had seen these last spring. >> and also some polls that show voters are blaming republicans more than the president for the current economic problems. so that said, if it's true, what's it going to take to help the democrats capitalize on that and turn it into wins at the polls? >> those numbers have been surprising. a large majority continue to believe into these first two years of the obama administration that the economy, the mess of the economy, should be blamed on the bush administration. but that number is inching down and more and more voters,