ago and it's neck and neck. his approval ratings among likely vote e.54 percent disapprove of what he's doing back home. and all that's tied to the economy. so help make sense of that. >> because i don't think them bringing up one bill to deal with campaign finance reform, which is an important issue, means that they're not focused on the economy. i really think that, you know, with all due respect, to brad, it's playing politics here and jumping on them and pretend thank they don't care about the economy. if you want them to bring up tax cuts, i agree with that, i think that they should force that issue and they should force the issue and show, you know that, actually -- actually, i've heard karl rove was complaining in his column the other day about how expensive the middle class tax cuts are going to be, but weil, you know -- phao*el, no complaint basketball how expensive they're going to be to give them to the very rich people. so let's see who's actually really interested in helping the average american. force the issue on taxes. i hope they do that. bill: this has gone back and