the president knows it's not going to pass. the polls say that americans want increased taxes on the wealthy. all the polls say that if he can convince people that the republicans are stopping job creation, he might have a campaign issue. >> now, you can't really be serious. the no spin zone can't be saying that barack obama is going to run away from his record. that he is going to try to make this a referendum on the fact that republics i will tell you bill, the day before michigan mcconnell wanted to bring it up for a vote in the senate. guess who stopped that. >> the democrats. >> harry reid. eric cantor says there are some things in here that we can work with him on. i think very reasonably said let's pick those things out of the bill and work on those. the president wants to use this as a campaign weapon and is he going around the country. train trip or a bus trip next week. >> bill: will it work? >> bill, has been doing this