it's a fiscal responsibility charge and we're here to solve it. >> woodruff: steven dennis, what light can you showed it now? >> i think if you look at the context of the election, considering the debt limit isn't gog to need to be raised until probably probably january, february of next year, this is about focusing the nation's attention on the debt which is something the republicans would rather be talking about and mitt romney, obviously, wants to be talking about. they want the issue focused on debt and deficit-- >> woodruff: rather than this? >> the white house this week wanted to be talking about their new jobs packages. they wanted to be talking about letting people refinance their homes. they want to be talking about small business tax cuts, all these things that are sort of passing out goodies, instead of dealing with a big barrel of pain which is what's headed at the end of the year. we have expiring tax cuts, huge spending cut and the debt ceiling increase. those are three legislative nuclear weapons all about to go off. and everybody is holding one of them hostage. >> woodr