former rncspokesperson nd columnist. good to have you all with this.ne because in the fiscal clef nancy pelosi today, and i just have to harp on this, saying you cannot cut your way to deficit reduction. i mean, as i said, i think yogi berra would be proud of that little paradox. >> nancy, you keeping in at. you keep thinking that. huntington butch cassidy and the sundance kid. butchcassidy, really both sides on this as we teeter toward going over the fiscal cliff. i'm like robert redford. and the sundance kid. i can swim. and the american public. you're going to take as always. you know what, it's amazing that they don't seem to give a dmn. i mean, they're goin on christmas break. the president in 21 days, golfing. lawsuit, the indonesia, the island of hawaii. and maxine and relaxing while we slid down the abyss. lou: it seems to me, sherry, as the republicans cannot que figure out how to say, this is the president's decision. it's his ultimatum, and it's his choice. why can't they say that? >> because there is no guarantee that it will turn out well.