year of a presidency. it's always a great year to say enough of this guy. let's take those two things. minorities and young people that don't tend to show up every election. they show up in presidential years. so all three, aren't they the cards stacked against the democrats no matter if people do agree with them? >> they are stacked against the democrats. and the question the democrats and, you know, mr. axelrod has put it very bluntly, a national election versus a local election. when i'm voting for my senator, yeah, there are big national issues. but it's still more of a local flare. you know, he is a homegrown guy and all of that. versus the national subjects that everyone is talking about, which is why you see the disparity between the polls saying we're with the democrats on the issues, but i'm going to vote for the republican because i like him or he's -- i know him or there is much more of a connection. so that's what is going to get played out over the next few months. the challenge for the democrats is how do we poison the well for that local election. >> yeah. >> for that u.s. senate seat. and that's going to be the real challenge, because the deck is stacked against them. because if you want to tack about obama. >> who wants to poison the well?