to be the back drop for that. also speaking of the american jobs act, white house aides including david pluf and james speak sperling are briefing democrats, bob casey, expressing skepticism about trying to tackle the whole thing at once. i want to bring in jean cummings from bloomberg news. watching and listening to speaker boehner, he s in a non i would say confrontational way, is essentially calling the president s plan doa. absolutely chuck. he s soft spoken but laying down pretty hard lines here in this speech. taking taxes off the table all together including taxes that republicans have supported in the past is really pulling the rug out from under the