but it's not so much about the mess arpblgs jenna, as it is the principles under the message. americans are tired of being told things and then us not following through in washington. i think if republicans are entrusted with the majority, again, this time, we need to do what we're going to -- what we say we're going to do and all the candidates that i'm supporting are ones that i feel like have a strong conviction towards limited government and less debt, less government takeovers, less taxes, the things that i think all americans are looking for right now. jenna: but senator, some of your critics say that your backing of these candidates will cost the republicans the majority in the senate. what do you say to that? >> well, i don't want the majority back in we don't believe anything. i came into the senate, we had 55 senators, large majority in the house, republican in the white house, and frankly, we didn't do what we said we were going to do, so i think if we want the numbers, if we want the majority, then we're going to have to stand on some principles that the american people believe in. not so much political