party that was responsible for a large tax increase and they do not want to be the party responsible for shut down of government. so common sense will drive them to do the most realistic thing and the most principled thing they can do at this point. >>neil: this sets the stage, when you come to power, for much more compromise and discussion moving the ball forward than we think in the next session. do you buy that? >>guest: well, i think when you look at where we have to go now, we have just signed this to have a tax cut package or maintain the tax rates and now we have to look at you always talk about the spending and the growth of government and that is a critical thing to get to immediately when we are sworn in january 5th. >>neil: i know he will be the speaker but he wasn't there for this signing, john boehner, do you read anything into that?