schools on year-round calendar. >> apathy? >> to three. a little bit of apathy, a lot of naysaying, particularly from some sources. >> fair enough. fair enough. michael steele, let me ask you this, there was one republican in the race. >> what happened to all the republicans? that's why there's apathy. >> 15 years ago, 15 years ago, republicans started making inroads in some of these big city races, richard riordan and rudy giuliani elected the same year and republicans making active then disappeared. yesterday, reince priebus showed up in brooklyn. but the republicans' loss of any connectivity to the inner city says lot, doesn't it? >> that is exactly right. i believe, you look at the situation in los angeles, particularly given the new rules on elections, where it's supposedly non-partisan and the top two vote getters. that means republicans, at least for the short term -- >> they have an opportunity.