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Share of the benefits are going to the wealthiest americans through estate tax, through the pass-through loophole, through cuts in the top rate. a surprise that came out of the conference committee after the house didn't even propose to cut it. even if you take the growth argument on its own terms, the projections we get from receipt puttable economists are it doesn't got to do very much. so when you look at joint -- >> goldman sachs, gary cohen's alma mater says it. >> exactly, goldman sachs says it. the joint tax committee says it. the penn/wharton model says it. even the tax foundation, whi...

>> well, craig, i think there's tremendous pressure being applied by the president, by the republican leadership, because they recognize the political necessity of getting this done. onmccain is one. john mccain is one of the feud senators who have the political juice to stand unand say i'm not going to vote for a piece of legislation. the fact he's coming on board is a promising signal for republicans and indeed indicates how compelling the growth argument that john made, that he indicated republicans were very much amenable to, but also the political argument that this has to get done. >> ja...

If they're putting the political necessity on passing something on overall policy considerations, that will exacerbate the problems that, frankly, led to trump being elected. >> stay more focused in leaving all the stuff that he loves to tweet about alone. he has huge divisions in his own party. the people who will you win over with the marginal tax rates are going to piss off the deficit hawks. if you make them happy you won't get this growth argument. he has a lot to finess. one called out for the man who calls himself the best deal maker ever. we will see. three loaded words will come home ...

I think he will have to do a lot of selling and going around the country and talking about it and trying to pressure members of his own party as well as democrats potentially to come on board with it which seems very unlikely at this point. i am hearing in talking to republicans and conservatives about this plan the last couple of days an open door to consider tax relief that would not be paid for. and that would essentially either be temporary or part of it would just be you know paid for through growth that they hope, as you said, materializes and that they might be willing to come off of wh...

And it has a lot to do and that is why romney's horse came into it with fairness and they are saying we're on the side of the middle class and they are for protecting the rich. and, it may be less an economic argument, and a growth argument than it is a fairness argument. >> eric: we saw it during both different conventions and how do you think it will play out the next few months, 60 days... >> man, if i do that i go to las vegas and quit my job. look, the interesting thing is... we'll have to see how it plays out. the latest "gallup poll," a 7-day average shows the president increased his le...