not if history is an example, ask larry sabato. the passion gap, republicans don't have it and voters are nonplussed do you say it doesn't pan out, but it leads to more or less voting? >>guest: that is right. passion test sounds like a sex scandal can i don't know if i want to get in to this but essentially what i am suggesting is that passion in the spring doesn't necessarily lead to votes in the fall. there are a lot of great historical examples. i don't think there has ever been a candidate who generated more passion and enthusiasm than john f. kennedy in 1960 and he won one of the two or three closest elections to president in american history. you have to be careful. passion and the dominance of celebrity on television doesn't necessarily produce a victory in the fall. >>neil: i guess part of the argument with passion you get out color followers and if they are jazzed and excited you think