president obama offered comparisons to ripping off the band-aids and talking turkey. speaker boehner compared the whole situation with dealing with jell-o. yesterday press secretary jay carney tried a new one. let's listen. >> we need to -- need to talk, consult, narrow down what our options are and figure out in fairly short order, you know, which train we're riding into the station. right now there are multiple trains heading towards the station. several trains have left the station. it's a decision about which train we'll be riding when we get to the next station? >> the food analogies just weren't working out. next, former campaign manager david plouffe is caught dishing out words of wisdom to the other side. nick heirs for pawlenty recounts what happened when they crossed paths recently. let's listen. >> the most real assessment of what i would be dealing with came from david plouffe who pulled me aside at the white house correspondents' dinner and