bit. there is a lot of pessimism, a sense they don t think mitt romney will win this fall. you see this lack of interest from all these people being asked about vice president, part of that is customary, but part of is these guys don t think he will win and the other thing with bush is remember, it s only been four years since the last bush left and i think we can talk about the strengths that jeb bush would bring, he probably understands and democrats certainly understand if you have a bush on the ticket this year, that makes barack obama s job easier to remind people what he inherited. absolutely. this is a good year for vice presidential candidate who wants to be postured for 2016. a horrible year because they are probably not going to win but so jeb bush doesn t need it, he would be better off running clean in four years from now than he would taking the number two slot. susan, doesn t want it, doesn t need it, wouldn t take it? it s pretty customary, even
people. i leave that to tom in terms of whether he can deliver enough of them but i don t think the leaders and in particular the leaders in the senate on the democratic side don t want a government shutdown. the president doesn t want it, i don t think boehner does. i don t think the leaders want it. remember, if the government shuts down and you can blame it on the other party, they re getting the blame the question is who gets the blame now. that helps your leverage then. the question is who gets the blame. right. i m not sure that the democrats get the blame if the republicans force a government shutdown on april 8th. i think they know that. they don t force it. it s a question of, you send a bill to the president and there s not enough money and he shuts it down because you re not getting enough money. the question is whether it gets to the president. right here is the evidence of why republicans and democrats can t agree. if tom and i were still there, we co