ohio goes, so goes the presidency. in fact, ohio voters have picked a president in every election. so how will the union bill affect the 2012 race? we're back with our political panel. all right, jerry, let me let you take a stab at this one first. how will this whole controversial thing about the unions affect who ohioans are going to vote for in two years? >> he think the unions see this as an opportunity to sort of re-establish themselves. they've been in decline a long time and i think that this is an opportunity for them to sort of gather around one particular issue, get a few of their hollywood buddies together, get michael moore excited and tweeting and other people and hope to be able to sort of revitalize the unions and give them an issue. whether or not they're able to pull that off, that remains to be seen. i doubt it. >> but doug, our -- isn't the other side of the fence being revitalized? >> absolutely. this is a fight for the soul of america. the fiscal problems of ohio, wisconsin and indiana well known