turbotax is reporting sales up 10% from a year ago. h&r block is reporting business down almost 9% from the same time last year. joe, down to you guys in washington. >> thank you so much. editor-in-chief from politico, john harris. let's talk about first of all about this lobbying campaign by the president. >> right. >> it's getting really personal. >> democrats by their best count think they're eight votes away, still, from winning this. and president obama, you know, as we've all written about s kind of a cool, reserved, cerebral guy. he's doing what presidents do when they're really in a pinch. and it's what -- it's really the last weapon a president has. i need this. >> got to have it. >> i personally need this. and if i don't get it, my presidency's going to be weakened. >> bob woodward yesterday talked about how bill clinton, when he was pushing for his vote in 1993 was like an amphetamine-rattled