and bruce babbitt and other democrats seeking the nomination have made much of the fact that you balanced state government budgets and administered a state in a way that is acclaimed. i had lunch with senator paul simon and he seemed to ridicule that notion. , kind of derisively, that the combined state budget of arizona and massachusetts would keep the pentagon running for three days. the point he was making is a much bigger arena and budget things are so much larger than that. but the principle is the same. do you provide the kind of leadership that you provide in these circumstances? i have been putting my tent executive budget together. there may be fewer zeros at the end of the number but i have to confront the fact that my top budget guy came to me and said a result of the uncertainty in the economy, we have to revise our estimate down $280 million." proportionally, i don't know what that would work out too, but i have had to go back to the drawing board and say no to a lot of people and a lot of constituencies and priorities that i believe in very strongly because the reality is th