i don t speaker boehner and i speak frequently. the issue doesn t have to sit in a room. the issue that is relevant is the acknowledgment if we are going to raise revenues, that is sufficient to balance with the cuff cuts that we have made and further reform and entitlement i am prepared to make, that we are going to have to see the rates on the top 2%. go up. and we are not going to be able to get a deal without it. getting in to that room and hammering out the deal doesn t seem like it s happening anytime soon. there may be talking behind the scenes. as far as the big players it doesn t mean to be a lot of movement on the fiscal cliff. here is what the senate minority leader had to say. i hope at some point here the president will understand that there will be no solution to this. i remind people that there is only one person out of 307 million americans who can