ms. bachmann didn't call. [laughter] >> well, let's see. >> did sarah palin call you? >> no. i don't know her, really. i'm disappointed that johnson didn't call because he is an interesting character. some did and some didn't. but, you know, they are busy and i'm not sure it would help them much if i was for them or if it went the other way. >> i'm a sophomore majoring in political science and my question is what is your current question what is your current position on the george bush tax cuts that are set to expire in 2012? >> i wouldn't raise taxes on anybody. raising taxes on a staggering economy is risky. if you do what the president keeps saying and you raise taxes, that is you go back to the old rates for those above that cutoff line, 250, i guess, do you know what percentage of the debt problem you have just solved? four. and the question is -- and by the way, that assumes that it doesn't hurt the economy at all, which nobody can know whether it would or wouldn't. so, if you cancel the whole thing all the way up and down the income scale, you are still a single digit, again, assuming that in t