seems to think that the way we avoid the fiscal clifford ross talked about.nth expansion and everything for a new president are reelected president to deal with. >> it can't be just taking it doon the road for six months. a lame-duck session has got to do to other things. one is put in place of planned that would issue instructions to the regular committees of congress. within six months. give them some numbers to shoot for. have a default positn it would cover into effect automatically if the congress did not succeed. a little more of a longevity. the first two parts are really important. you can't just take i down the road. think what the market reactions would be if we just take it down the road. we've done that before. neil: which makes me consider what you're talking about now -- hopes springs eternal that this would be a different time rame. if you think about these automatic sequestration cuts this is what they agreed to as a fallbbck. they did not have the spine. now what they are effectively saying, let's push the spine back six months. you hoe that