i think that's what wisconsin shows. look, wisconsin got the government they elected. those people didn't get put in by some sort of coo, they were elected to those positions, but when they saw what it was, as you point out, lit up the base. >> lit up the base not just in a way that made them angry about what the republicans were doing, which has succeeded the national level in terms of a democratic agenda, but made them start cheering for their democrats and wanting more of them. >> it's tough and they are going to have to do that with more than rhetoric. i remember during the campaign senator clinton said you campaign in poetry but you govern in pros, the question we regain the poetry along with the difficulty of the pros. >> melissa harris-perry, professor at tulane, msnbc contributor, thank you for coming back so soon. you did a great jobs. fans of "the ed show," get excited, want to know who their guest is? want to know who it is? bill maher, it's true. dictators, say what you will about politics. the great dictators of the world