questioned. i think he has a tough reelection battle ahead of him. shannon: we will have a decision from the court before the election. just barely, though. shannon: unless they do something way out of protocol. doug, if he does win at the supreme court how much of a boost would that be going into the fall? it would be a boost but going back to what cherylyn was saying. he is going to extend the payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits. we shouldn t be raising taxes on middle class americans when the economy isn t right where it needs to be. interesting to see if the republicans go along with them. it was their idea to pass the payroll tax holiday and so we will see if they are going to go along it w. it or block it. i think the president did wait on the deficit reform. it was interesting that the largest deficit cuts, the plans out there were all put out there by democrats and by the president. the debt reduction bill by the