problem,errick, the northeast is is the a holdout for moderate republicans. if they drive moderate republicans out of the northeast, there is long-term implications, there is. >> and he is a liberal, and frankly, in my position, i would be happy if mike castle lost. >> well, erick, as somebody who wants to advance the conservative cause, if it comes down to mike castle in the senate and the result is mitch mcconnell as majority leader and eventually empowered jim demint as committee chairman and jim coburn as committee chairman and you would have a conservative senate, and that is not better than christine o'donnell winning the -- >> well, pigs will fly before jim demint gets a committee chairmanship and i would rather see a democrat than mike castle in that seat. >> you don't care about the majority? >> well, it is the principle. when you look at 2012, the democrats have a bad calendar against them. this is about moving them to the right and not the senate to thep