be blunt about it, the majority of bobo partyty leaderships voted for this cuts.ter, the automatic neither party gets a partin it.ntage on i don't think that there's any question that what we're looking an election that is ining determine where we are headed in this country. tax cu to expire. that enables republicans to vote a tax increase without, in fact, alienating grover norquist. that is the cute little postscript. >> let's go back to the economy quickly. 8.3% unemployment rate is not surprising. reflects some things that .appened in the labor market those people who were on strike were not counted. happening on the policy growth is important, significant, and economists saying this is a sign of something good. >> but it is not, because it is only. increase, 163,000, which is less than whwhat you need to in unemployment. about 250,000. problem is not the fluctuations in b hiring and firing month to month. it is the fact that you have growth of gdp, the most anemic, and with that, you decreasessibly have a unemployment. the economy is stuck. chopped liver.t charles, cheer up. the first