would have picked to really make a cornerstone of a huge speech with a lot of cheering people. bret: steve? to go back to the judge s point about whether president obama knows the economics, he does know the economics of it. he gave an answer back in august of 2009, which n which he was specific about the economic impact of raising taxes on the wealthy. this was during a reception. i think it applies during a slow recovery where he says it sucks demand out of economy and punishs business. the president made the argue in the august of 2009. he fully understand what is he is doing here. the question is how is it benefiting him politically? i think that is exactly what we re seeing. they think that the fairness argument is the arguement that wins. wins. it s reprehensible for him to assault something as base nick the country as who pays what you know what in taxes when he knows it s intellectually disingenuous and doing it to stir the pot among the base, which may be unhappy with hi