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