attitude around? how does the republican or the democrats catch the fancy of the american voter and motivate them again with this climate that has taken place in this country of tremendous and terrible discourse? >> well, i mean, ed, i do think that the republicans -- saying no all year has paid them great political dividends in this angry, volatile electorate in this bad economy, in these troubled times and i think that they will be rewarded with many seats in the congressional midterm elections in the fall, the democrats are going to take a beating. short of an unforeseen, absolutely miraculous recovery in the economy that would produce jobs again, the narrative really -- it is cut in stone at this point. i think you have to think long-term about the growth of the independent vote. people moving become to the middle, maybe hope for some kind of future, different