and dennis kucinich and others in trying to promote an agenda. and this is seen as compromise, it's not exactly compromise. but i think the people in the country see this as good, because you can work together and find out what you agree on. i think the war issue is a great issue that -- and you know, the federal reserve has been something. i had tremendous support from democrats, i had 320 members of congress sign on to that bill. so that is what i think is important. but i didn't have to compromise my principles. >> as a sitting member of congress, given the anger out there, obviously you have a lot of support among and sort of, you know, a lot of credit among tea party activists. but do you think some republican congress people are concerned about being seen as too moderate, as being seen as being too willing to compromise? >> by the tea party people, you mean? >> yeah. >> yeah, i think that's it, but i just think that we're moving in the right direction. i think the most magnificent