all right. back now with our campaign insiders. are republicans, doug, making a mistake in opposing the buffett rule? obama s going to use this as a blunt political weapon, won t he? in the short term, they are making a mistake, but there is a larger problem. they don t have an overall plan to reform the tax system, to promote economic growth and reform entitlements. the ryan plan, as we have discussed judge a non-starer and mitt romney has no plan. so the buffett rule becomes the issue of the campaign. this is disingenuous and the republicans ought to go to corruption. but they have a lot of money. you have the 15% for capital gains. but you have hedge fund managers, making $300 million with a special exemption that allows them to pay, instead of ordinary income, you know how that passed, chuck schiewmer and