the united states senate right now in washington. look at these numbers. back in 2008, the last presidential election, president obama, the democrat carried the women's vote. this is pretty stark. this looks more like california than it has been in the past. 56% of women went for the president, 43% in other words, the rest of the vote went for herman cain. -- for mccain. what is that about? it seems almost the pattern you see in your home state where women are overwhelmingly supportive of the democratic program. >> i honestly think that women as well as men are looking at the two parties. and you know, chris, because you used to be around here a long time ago. the parties have moved so far away from each other. and i believe really the republicans have moved so far to the right that they have lost the mainstream. just even look at ohio, at the way they overreached. a lot of those union members are women, nurses, teachers, and