votes to overcome the filibuster threat and pass that. we'll see a vote between tuesday and thursday. something else we're watching today, the republican national committee race, that's the race to replace chairman michael stee steele. why should you care? the republican national committee race will be important in rebuilding the gop ahead of the 2012 presidential race. there's five challengers trying to take down michael steele. one of them a former bush administration official is starting to roll out support. she had trouble gaining traction so far. but she's coming on monday, she rolled out the support of new york's congressional delegation who don't have a vote but also rnc members who are supporting her. we're watching it in part because it's the only race going on now and we're political junkies. we're digging in deep on that one. >> i know you are digging deep on this battle in virginia as well. what's up? >> right. that's one of my favorite political states not just because i grew up in richmond. george allen you might remember