if it does at all given the fact that people are focused inwards on jobs in the race for the white house? >> i think it plays very well simply because it's -- a consistent message that mitt romney has had from the beginning about spending, about creation of debt and the weight of debt on the back of the american taxpayer. so you heard him say several times, you know, i'm not looking to bail out europe. as the president, we're not going to put in policies that would require our banking system to underwrite or somehow support their banking system. so i think that that's very important message for the american people to hear, that we are focused as you said, mika, closer to home and our own bank accounts, own worries and knowing at least mitt romney and maybe president obama to some extent, but certainly mitt romney is very clear and adamant about making sure there's a bright line between where the water's edge is from what we are able to do and will do with the european crisis unfolding the way it is. they don't have the same banking system we have and i think the