democrats who want to make the buffett tax happen this year. but is that just election year rhetoric? >> i think it is. i think it's going to be hard to find the votes for this in congress. you're not going to see a single republican crossing the line to pass this. i don't think anything will happen until people have to take action and that's not going to happen until after the election happens. again, despite the fact some democrats say this is the right plan, in the past, they haven't passed such tax increases. >> so, what do you think, if the president gets re-elected, does the environment in which to accomplish things, does it become better even if the house and senate don't change hands? >> i think analysts would say you might have to have a scenario in which the bush tax cuts e pyre, in which congress doesn't get to together, so they're forced to do something unless they want to let the