and republicans didn't do what we said we were going to do. we spent too much, we borrowed too much. and frankly, if we get the majority again, even if it's just in the house and we don't do what we say, i think the republican party's dead. and the urgency for me here is the democrat party, and i know this sounds partisan or completely dysfunctional, they're the left of europe. i mean, the spending is -- >> they would argue, let's just put it that way. >> i know they would, and that's fair enough. but you can't argue with the facts. republicans are the only one who can carry the banner of what i think llions of americans are saying. not just republicans, but independents, democrats, stop the spending, stop the borrowing, stop the debt, stop the takeovers. this is kind of uniting america. my point is, the quickest way to a majority, the quickest way to 60 votes in the senate is to have republicans who stand on principle. nothing right wing. what i'm talking about is where mainstream america is, and it's just common sense. >> but let me -- let me -- we