through tough times we respectfully ask that you step aside, as the top democrat, in the house. and they go on to say that this is a dark time and, in short, they say, look, we -- it is tough enough we have to go up against republicans but the past year it was made an issue and you were one of the issues here, house speaker nancy pelosi, was in many of the ads republicans ran against democrats all over the country and it is too tough to run against the republicans and the speaker. bill: a draft of a letter, as you categorize it, right. >> exactly. bill: are there signatures, how many house democrats would sign such a letter. >> not yet, we don't have a full list of the signatures but this is the language that is being circulated and some are and p apopletic about what happened, and, one in particular, who told me, the fiddle player who continues to play his violin on