tag and that's what bruni has faced. a lot of people said -- how democrats believe bob kerrey is an underdog but bruni might be the easiest foe. >> you don't want to be the establishment guy or the one who's had a record in office and had accomplishments, quite frankly. i don't think it is a cake walk for kerrey. not only out of the state but in new york city. >> new york city? he's a new yorker? >> he doesn't eat pace picante sauce, right? new york city? this sort of -- this strain there, obviously you hope to run against that a little bit, believing that somehow the tea party is moving the republican party to the right. do you think that you can do that and sort of -- and somehow paint romney as one of them even though he was painted as a straddler and moderate for so long. >> romney is wearing his "i love the tea party" t-shirt around the country. but you look at a state like indiana where you have -- my firm just put out a poll this