do you think they want? even if you think it s corent, can you discern the message for us? yeah, at this point it boils down to lower taxes, particularly on rich people. cutting social services. those are the things that seem to be the north stars but, you know, if on my more cynical days and i have a lot of them lately, it is whatever the obama administration doesn t want. in 2008, i also think it s important for people to remember, george w. bush proposed and pushed and signed into law the economic stimulus of 2008 act. that was also the case of the 03 tax cuts, the idea that the stimulus is not something republicans do. it only dates back to the beginning of the obama administration. and the concern with deficits similarly was not in evidence in the bush years. i think a lot of what we ve been seeing quite sadly is simply counter positioning vis a vis