when you see what you have to do to get to balance with no tax increases at all maybe you draw back from that and say, well, let us look for less damaging tax increases. but it's serious. it's government. it is modern. you have this instead. and it is damaging. and one of the things i thought that was the most interesting thing about state of the union night was fox decided not to air the michele bachmann address. that means the tea party is over. >> david, you're not the only republican who's worried about the palin/bachmann factor in our politics. let's listen to what meghan mccain said here last night. >> i think it's important to note that michele bachmann is not a leader and she's not the leader of the republican party. michele bachmann in my opinion is no better than a poor man's sarah palin. and i think the fact that msnbc and fox elected not to run this is admirable to the kind of journalism fox and msnbc is airing. i think cnn should be ashamed of themselves for airing this. it is one rogue woman who couldn't even look into the