. >> my name is mark nadel. the question, is you mentioned that the country needs something even more substantial than simpson bowls and that's going to include policies that are unpopular with republicans and democrats. i question is what do you think is the most important economic policy that obama needs to convince the democrats to support and what do you think is the most important economic unpopular economic policy the republican candidate is going to need to convince the republicans to support? >> good question. >> what i would like to see, frankly, is both sides for now and the republicans settle on one candidate and sketch out a kind of basic vision that they see particularly for budget policy, fiscal policy, taxes and see upon which points they converge, which points they do not converge upon. is there any possibility of reconciling? during an election campaign, the answer to that is no, they won't reconcile during an election campaign. but will there be enough sense of convergence that whoever wins the

cnbc has learned convicted ponzi schemer arthur nadel has died.a sar sew ta, florida, money manager and philanthropist which briefly disappeared as authorities were trying to get to the bottom of the alleged scandal. he was convicted in 2010. died in prison in butler, north carolina. he was 80 years old. >>> "closing bell" is coming up next on cnbc. bill? >> we have an enormous program coming up at the top of the hour from here at the new york stock exchange. three of the biggest names in technology are getting ready to report earnings after the bell. instant analysis and investor reaction from intel, ibm and yahoo!. also talking with the ceos of t.d. ameritrade and u.s. bancorp. then stacy smith, cfo of intel breaks down his company's earnings just after they are released. >>> good ole coca-cola, by the way, trading at a 14-year high. after earnings beat the street. jumped 8% on higher prices and big growth overseas. just maybe coconut water had something to do with it. >> maybe. let's move on to that. coca-cola jumping on to the coconut water ba

i'm looking at these states that are coming up and they only offer up nadel gates if you win all threeh anything. >> not enough to clinch. romney will not go over the top at all on tuesday, tomorrow. this is also about momentum here. if rick santorum can't even win wisconsin, we know maryland, district of columbia, polls indicate that is romney country. i guess wisconsin, the biggest prize on tuesday, his one chance to maybe, maybe try to change the conversation if he could pull the upset and score victory. as you mentioned, in the last two weeks since romney won big in illinois, the conversation has really changed. he's now the inevitable nominee and you've seen all these huge names in the republican party and some top conservatives as well come out and endorse romney. conservatives of course the base of the party and the part of the party romney's had a problem with. santorum doesn't sound like he's quitting. take a listen to what he said last night. >> the reason i'm here is because what the establishment has tried to shove down the throats of the phones of this country on the repub