either, then you end up kind of overcompensating which she's now doing now on kevin mccarthy story. they overcompensate. and then it gets nastier because they really don't have control of their switch blade. >> in some ways we saw that i think with hillary clinton and barack obama in 2008 who the difference came down should there be a mandate or not. that was ultimate lit -- and obviously -- >> in the cycle today that you alluded to is this new york magazine story that she's got opposition research on him. can i take issue with the term opposition research? this man has a record. is he a little close to the credit card companies. he made it tougher to declare bankruptcy. he did not call corroborating witnesses for anita hill. he let republicans savage that woman. there's plenty of things you can criticize him on fairly. >> my feeling about the article