welfare. he spoke earlier in his presidency. the first speech he gave joint session of congress education, energy and healthcare. he is in part on his way. going to revolutionize the country. he he doesn t care. when we heard that what he said this afternoon, he he was mocking the idea of cutting spending and then he said i m going to stand up for seniors and all the others will be heard. this is an annall of this is dot care if we go over the cliff or not. he thinks he wins either way. he is not going to bend on spending in the future. bret: down the road, does this mini deal come together tonight, tomorrow? i think it likely will and i think it s likely the house will reject it. i don t know because i didn t think we were going to go over the cliff. bret: and here we are. here we are. i was wrong about that. i would hope that they would be able to work something out and be able to get something