party. republicans, you saying, cannot win no matter what, right? they are in a box. guest: they nervous. the problem they see, first, the president won the election. now many candidates campaigned for the white house on the platform of raisings taxes. they realize that. their problem with the fiscal cliff, if they go across, over the fiscal cliff, all the bush tax cuts are allowed to expire, of course the president is going to proposal a bill proposing to bring back all the tax cuts for everyone except the top income group. neil: there is for benefit for them to fight this or trying to fine tune a tax hike on the rich? or closing loopholes. guest: if the president does, if this happens and the president proposes bringing the tax breaks back for the middle class they find themselves in the position of defending the tax cuts for the highest