thinks they won tonight? the president will be coming out behind me about 11:20 p.m. eastern time to talk about this deal that is now passed through both houses. you will note, a sharp contrast to the fact that speaker boehner did not come out on the floor and speak in favor of it. did not urge colleagues publicly to support it z this is because the white house feels they've got the upper hand here, they think the president took the message of raising taxes on the wealthy to the american people in the election. he won reelection. and that now, he has the political capitol to spend to push this through capitol hill. however, in that campaign, you'll note he talked about this being a balance add prech not just raising taxes on the rich but coming up with cuts this, deal as you're noting in that statement is devoid of large spending cuts. it's only got about a net of $15 brinl in spending cuts so. they're going to have to come