party, they're independents. but that's the nature of a coalition thing like nixon and agnew and reagan put together. there's a lot of strange folks there, but you got to welcome them all, not just the moderates and the establishment liberals but the good old working class folks as well. >> you may have answered my question then, pat. does this mean that the gop will end up or be forced to embrace the tea party principles? because if they don't, don't they risk challenge from within? >> no, here's the thing. republican party's got its ideas and the tea party's got its ideas. frankly, what you come down to when you get together is you got to work out inside your own coalition where you're going and what your positions are before you meet with the democratic party. and that's healthy. because a lot of what the tea party is for is much tougher, i think, more confrontational, more stand-up on principles certainly than the republican party. >> again, that may present a unique and significant challenge to republicans -- >> good. >> if the tea party are still --