dollars sarah jacobs, the granddaughter of qualcomm founder, you know, spent countless millions of her trust money and wasn't even able to get to the top of the democratic side. now having said that, a lot of money will be at stake. nancy pelosi is betting her return to being the speaker on being able to flip seats in california. and i know you haven't asked but john cox who is a constituent of mine, lives in my district i endorsed. he is going to make a real difference because he will be campaigning statewide, getting republicans to have a reason to come out and vote on a statewide basis. that is going to help all of our candidates. >> harris: i wanted to talk to you about the chances. off the top i said you don't normally talk about the g.o.p. beating democrat in california. are things changing? if they are, why? >> well, i think the gas tax is one of those last straw things. the democrats didn't see a problem increasing taxes by