unprecedented zeroes of -- series of elections of what is next for the political scene. but to read too much into this is difficult at this point. if people were expecting a seed change, they did get the status quo last night. that is to say, a continue ation, slight majority for the republicans, and as majority leader scott fitzgerald said, a continuation of the polices that were at the center of this controversy. bill: there was $30 million spent on this from both sides. you had money pouring in from every corner of america how is the political establishment gauging this outcome, matt? >> well, i think the republicans see this as a validation of some of the programs and the progress they've made in wisconsin on the economic front, certainly. certainly, with some of the changes that had occurred through collective bargaining, the budget reform bill that took a