the samethere is henrietta treyz power meter. who holds the power here? nrietta: in my opinion, the minority party always holds the power. a great component of this for investors is that we have a government shutdown looming. if it weren't for a government shutdown, i would say that both of the two sides are fighting more of a political war than an economic war. i think we are going to be fighting through at least september 21. that means several weeks of expired unemployment benefits. the payroll tax suspension is obviously not being implement it across the board, and we will be dealing with a much starker picture in late september than we are right now. each side thinks they are winning this debate, to your previous point. the republican conference is much more poignant than they have been -- much more buoyant than they have been over june, july august. tom: all of the payroll tax people are like one in five jobs in america. whatever the ratio is, it is a small number. are these people at a virtual convention, is the president building a scaffold at the