>> their soundbite is cut spending, cut taxes. >> and we held our ground and we did what we said we were going to do. >> exactly. and we will do more of it. that our prescription for getting the economy going in and making it grow and returning to government to its proper size. you know, there's a whole elaboration of that bumper sticker. but and on the progressive side, the elaboration is there. you know, we have to plan for the future. we are compassionate nation. we take care of the elderly and the poor. this is a social compact that we have made. and we have to prepare ourselves to be competitive in the 21st century. that doesn't fit on a bumper sticker. >> that's right. >> they don't have the bumper sticker. >> that why i thought your column was effective.