and i just hope they can come to grips and terms so that we have some certainty. that s the biggest thing facing our nation as far as the business people. what washington has done is they ve created a climate of confusion over the last five, ten years with their policies, rules, regulations and mandates. and of course our tax code. and we need to have certainty to where the business person will invest into their business, and if they invest into their business they ll create jobs and they ll grow the economy. and again i feel that s the best path that we need to go down. and i look forward to being a part of that. and i m glad you will be part of that. because it s interesting. you ve called grover norquist s pledge handcuffs. are all absolute positions handcuffs for a lawmaker? you know what, look at what s going on right now. you have one side saying we re not doing any spending cuts. the other side saying we re not doing any tax cuts. raising taxes. it s a stalemate from the get
erasing the federal estate tax is to eliminate deductions that will inevitably touch the middle class. the romney folks say the obama campaign and tax policy center created a strawman. the problem is the romney campaign hasn t created their own and responded with any detail on how they would do it. it becomes impossible at least politically once you account for the pledge handcuffs that romney has made. while the president didn t fully acknowledge he came up short last night, aides did indicate he ll be more prepared for the second debate. it s like a playoff in sports. you evaluate after every contest and you make adjustments and i m sure that we will make adjustments. you can t allow someone to stand there and basically man handle the truth about their own record and ideas and about yours and not deal with that. i tell you, supporters i talked to at the denver rally