>> many times i thought the president has gone into many negotiations with too weak an opening bid. he's essentially said okay, you can have three quarters of an eighth of what you want and we'll take a quarter of an eighth and let's start there. that emboldens the radicals. however, i don't think you can blame the president entirely for the fact republicans are looking over their shoulders at the tea party caucus and asking where's the energy, enthusiasm, money in our party, and that's where they see it. >> in terms of this notion that the difference is the marginal difference between deal one and three is the difference between a primary challenge and not. i think it's clear what happened to bob bennet and others that did get primaried, and mike cassel, i don't know if the motivation for the primary is going to may too much attention to the sort of careful details of this deal. >> no, it pays attention to the