begins to stump for balderson, the republican candidate in thespection election that takes place tuesday. i bring up the wilk bettes berr rally again. when he talked about the boring stuff, namely the election that's going to take place in pennsylvania. how much do you expect this to focus on the special election? how much do ohioans want to hear about ohio from the president? >> i think the president is probably going to do what he usually does in these situations. and that's talk primarily about himself. i think this race is a real conundrum for republicans. this is about the purest test you're going to get for exactly what the climate will be, come november, for republicans and whether or not they have any hope at all of holding on to the house of representatives. >> you think this isn't just a special election and by virtue of that all this attention is being focused on it?