you've said many times that you'd rather be a one-party, one-term president, if it means you've done the hard things that need to be done. now, i know you're not going to stand there and invite republicans to the negotiating table today, to start hashing it all out. but why not? and since you're not, though, what more are you doing to build the spirit of cooperation you mentioned earlier needs to happen before there is bipartisanship? and finally, do you think the markets will wait two years -- >> i should have written all this down, jackie, i'm running out of room. >> i'm happy to repeat my question. >> well, let me just speak to this generally. it's true that this is my third budget. the first two budget s were in the midst of the worst recession since the great depression.