homeowners deadbeats if they couldn't pay their mortgages but suddenly became this really well-funded faux grass-roots kind of thing which just went after health care every minute, every minute. it had all the optics you needed. do you see evidence that democrats can figure out how to message discipline, get adds on the air and actually do the mechanics of politicking? >> i don't think we can replicate the republican strategy because we are bound by principle and an ideology that government is supposed to do good for the people that it's elected to represent. i don't think that we can have a democratic tea party. that said. i think we can do a much better job of sloganeering and running ads and telling real people stories. it's not about everybody wearing shirts saying "make america sick again." it's making sure america knows the real-life consequences to their families and neighbors of what republicans are trying to do. that's the democratic mandate. >> i believe we have anton gunn, a health care strategist who used to be with the department of health and human services. anton, let's talk about the