moderate democrat can win in the deep south, and when a moderate democrat can prevail by putting together a coalition in the deep south. i think jones has a shot. and let's see what happens. >> how difficult is the calculus here, you mentioned you have the party, capital p, in washington, coming to influence the election in a way that would be palatable to those in live in alabama. >> you obviously need national money. there's national money coming from the right and the left, and you need that type of support, but i think distinctly, elections in the south are not simply about national issues. i think they're about local issues. they're about local personalities. and i think that in alabama, like louisiana, like mississippi, like georgia, when you get to the rural areas, the small communities, the people trust their local leaders, their local officials. if they see their local officials enthusiastic, driving home a message of how important