loopholes. what we have done is make a down payment. there is mow more and will require democrats and republicans coming together to make it happen. >> as if on queue, republicans immediately attacked president obama's leadership. >> he wants us to win the future. but this budget advocates the future. it spends too much, tax too much and borrows too much. it said that the president doesn't have the will or ability to do what we need to do with the money we have. >> joining me now is former governor howard dean. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me on. >> at the out set, i don't understand the president's budget as a strategic document. it is not going to pass. the republicans in the house won't pass it as the republican budget is dead-on arrival too. it won't pass because senate democrats won't pass it. those are negotiating tools. the president seems to be giving up a lot in his initial