>> that's a political argument eric just made. republicans don't have to do anything to win the election. what about for some guy who may be a republican, an independent, saying that's what this is about, we're not going to do anything except fight until the election. if you were advising a republican senator, how would you tell him to vote? >> here's the hard place that the president's in. he's exactly right. if you look at the stimulus, you have about 60% of the american public saying it's not working. only a third saying it is working. basically that principle is now flawed in terms of what they're trying to put out there. >> jeff and jackie, you know, you talk to people in the white house every day. look, the president campaigned