talking about the economic recovery, the guy almost in charge of the recovery, the fed chairman and we don't want to do anything to dampen it. and, obviously, one argument would be raising taxes on the wealthy including a lot of small business men in the top tax bracket will hurt job creation, and, in addition, you are now getting from democrats, three top democratic senators are now breaking with the orthodoxy of the white house and congressional democrats and saying, you know what, maybe we should extend the bush tax cuts, not just the middle class but the wealthy for a couple of years until the economy gets on a sounder footing, it will be a big issue between now and november. >> eric: do you think it will gain traction? this blue dogs in the house and the democrats started a new caucus going after the financial mess. >> well, i don't know. it is hard for the president to climb down and for speaker pelosi, to this week reaffirm and as you said, tim geithner