because we may have a double dip in this recession, then we re going to be ryan trouble. let me bring up health care as well. you heard david axelrod say the government does not think it s dead, that it cannot be dead though it s not going to be a priority. they are going to let it linger which has been dangerous. a reason why the president set deadlines. going back to clinton s experience. joe klein wrote an interesting column. clear clear gene, could the same be said for this effort at health care? i think in retrospect you could. as you know, the white house made the calculation that coming in on a wave of popularity, first year, somewhat inconvenient about the economy falling apart but that this was their big opportunity to do