we are talking about taking subsidies from big oil and people on their corporate jets. these are reasonable things when we are asking americans to shave off and give up very important programs that actually make america a great country. >> let me play for you a little more of what the president said yesterday and ask you about it on the other side. >> there is frankly resistance on my side to do anything on entitlements. there is strong resistance on the republican side to do anything on revenues. if each side takes a maximalist position, we can't get anything done. >> that's the point he's been pounding at. is he right? are the progressives and the tea party, those on the far right and the far left really the problem here? >> no. the fact is people in the