he won't seek re-election next year, opening the door for chief of staff rahm emanuel to take his place. and the naacp has launched a tea party tracker to monitor tea partiers for racism and other forms of extremism. with us tonight, joe madison, xm satellite radio talk show host, and ron christie, republican strategist. gentlemen, good to have you with us tonight. >> thank you. >> let's start with sharron angle. ron, is she capable of mainstream thinking after being on record saying she wants to get rid of the department of education, the irs, social security, and medicare? >> well, sure she is. good evening, ed. i think she's certainly more mainstream than the current senate majority leader. this, a gentleman who referred to the current president of the united states as a negro who could speak with an african-american dialect when it suited him. this from a man who said the war in iraq was lost, which of course our brave men and women prevailed through the surge. so if you want to talk about