and welcome back to a special edition of "the ed show." i'm ed brandon in for rachel maddow. she'll be back tomorrow night. battleground story in this segment. there is not a single american out there who won't be untouch beside think tax compromise the president just announced hours ago. >> i have no doubt that everyone will find something in this compromise that they don't like. in fact there are things in there that i don't like, namely, the extension of the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans and the wealthiest estates. but these tax cuts will expire in two years. >> well, the wealthiest people in the country will continue to make out like bandits for at least the next two years. the president i think is punning to the next election, but i wonder if he is willing to have the fight in two years, or are we going to be back to the same old conversation. the republicans of course they're praising the compromise,