least $300 billion in federal spending and tax cuts, the first -- but first democrats have a message for their party leaders, ignore conservatives and fight for democratic priorities. here's chris stierwalt, digital politics editor. how are you? >> doing well, how are you? >> alisyn: doing well. democrats have called on president to be bold. will this be a bold speech? >> if past experience tells us anything and if we can observe what the white house is doing now in terms of trying to set expectations the president is going to have little something for everybody in the speech. he's going to be bold but not too bold, be revenue neutral but also stimulative, he's going to try to build a mull began stew of leftover initiatives, new ideas, some new spending, new tax cuts, to try to have something to placate his left but sound reasonable to skeptical independent voters. alisyn: did you say a mull began stew? >> so i know that precious