the horse race for the re-election when the economy is this bad. so you can only conclude that there is something that is scaring them about the other side, and we have two things going on, which is the rise of newt gingrich, which is obviously terrifying to many voters in the middle, and also this unbelievable spectacle, i can't keep my eyes off of it, i've been on the hill the last two days and it's an absolute circus up there. and voters must be saying, we can't possibly let these guys run the show. >> sam, does anyone come out of this thing looking good? >> reporter: i think the polls indicate that the president comes out looking good. let's take a very sober look at this. where we started was democrats wanted to tax millionaires to pay for this payroll tax cut. republicans said, no way, they didn't haven't want to pass the payroll tax cut. now obama's given up the millionaire surtax, included the keystone pipeline tax into the deal, and what has he got for that, nothing? people say, he's willing to deal, the president, and he's