the biggest crisis which we have in domestic politics is the entilement crisis. total pass on that. on tax reform, i agree with governor pataki. the simpson/bowles plan, there is a way to find more revenue. the problem is you have to offset it with a serious commitment to cut spending. this does neither and the tax reform here has nothing to do with growth which would trade jobs and pay down the debt. it's politics. hit the top 2% because that's best on a poll somewhere. if i'm worried about as a republican strategist about a campaign that's kind of cynical and demagogic i'd be worried but immore worried we have a real entitlement crisis in the united states and the president isn't planning to do anything about it. >> let's talk about purely the politics. whether the economics are good or bad people have been saying for sometime the president needs to punch back hard. the republicans have dominated the agenda over the past year. politically, if you're a democratic strategist and your