table. great. susan i want to start with you. abc is reporting there could be this doomsday plan among the gop. it would involve allowing a vote on extending the bush era tax cuts, republicans would vote present and allow to it pass with only democratic votes allowing the president nothing more. when you hear something like that is that something you re hearing? think is act two of the political theater that we re seeing down in washington, the first act was rather comical with president obama s opening bid. now we have the republicans response to that. we ll see what happens in act three. right now let s face it there is a framework in place. it s simpson-bowles and the basis of the 2011 negotiations. not much is going to change from that. so when we re looking forward what needs to be done there s not a lot of options on the table. and the president does have to be concerned while he does have polls on his side, the fact is he does not want to start his second term off his legacy t