of .385. larry said i wasn't going to be governor and president obama wasn't going to win virginia's electoral votes. it's a tough climate, brian. it's a tough climate but we feel like we have a good field operation. we've shown in special elections when the pollsters say it's going to go bad for us, our people actually turn out. that's where we're focusing on that. >> how responsible is the -- since 2006, the economy is not as strong as the previous six years. that's when the democrats took the house and the senate. how responsible do you feel your party is? >> well, i really think that the turn around began with president obama's election. again, it was -- it was shrinking in a dramatic way. you guys know how close we were actually to a financial collapse and not only banks but the auto industry in america was about to collapse. auto industry is hiring people again for the first time in 10 years making tomorrow's cars not yesterday's cars. so we are climbing out of this. it's going to take a while. my message today in philadelphia when i'm with ed rendell is let's keep climbing for gosh