deductions for state and local stac taxes, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, california, virginia. you add those up and get to about two dozen, which is what the democrats need to take the house. the republicans shouldn't have a problem in the senate because there's so many more democratic seats up, and they're still fearful because of the environment is that bad. >> another issue buried in there is pay stub shock. you've heard of sticker shock. folks have now been told, urged, look at your paychecks, you'll see this come through. if that doesn't in a meaningful way, boy, do they like taking that out at the polls. >> yeah, absolutely. if people don't look at this tax cut as something that really helps them permanently, they could certainly forget about it quickly. you saw in 2010, the democrats were essentially handing out checks under president obama for all sorts of things, cash for clunkers, the stimulus bill was a lot of cash infused into the system. that did not stop his party from