little bit, that would give the house democrats a win. we'll see if the republicans see any reason to do that at this point given the strong hand they're playing. >> he said he fear ad double-dip recession. no one likes to hear that. saying he fear this is if the tax deal wasn't cut. one ironic thing is there are a lot of progressives in the house, the ones arguing all along we need ad second stimulus package. in effect, some of these tax kre credits and tax breaks that the white house got in return amount to a second stimulus package. so whether or not if they don't do it will cause a double-dip recession, you know, economists will disagree about that. but most mainstream economists are saying that these extra provisions that the white house got could add extra growth to the economy, bring down the jobless rate faster than it otherwise would, which would be