mike leavitt from steele's maryland days, they have boyd rutherford now in charge of the finances there, getting rid of a sort of long, steady guy who had been at the rnc. so part of the criticism is that michael steele -- first of all, when steele came in, he asked for the resignation of about 100 staffers. obviously, they could reapply, but the argument sort of he's bringing in allies instead of these old, steady hands that know the system, know the donors, know the party and perhaps that's leading to a lot of problems. >> patrick gavin from politico, thanks so much. we'll be checking back in with you a little later in the show. still ahead, did the president of russia really mock george w. bush in a recent interview? we'll let you decide. plus, twitter plans to do something it has never done before. make some money. but how? and don't forget, you can listen to "morning joe" on your way to work. we are now broadcasting live to satellite radio. tune into sirius channel 90 and xm channel 120.