democrats who want to make the buffett tax happen this year. but is that just election year rhetoric? i think it is. i think it s going to be hard to find the votes for this in congress. you re not going to see a single republican crossing the line to pass this. i don t think anything will happen until people have to take action and that s not going to happen until after the election happens. again, despite the fact some democrats say this is the right plan, in the past, they haven t passed such tax increases. so, what do you think, if the president gets re-elected, does the environment in which to accomplish things, does it become better even if the house and senate don t change hands? i think analysts would say you might have to have a scenario in which the bush tax cuts e pyre, in which congress doesn t get to together, so they re forced to do something unless they want to let the