the extremism of the party. it makes republicans look like they re anti-women. i don t want to say republicans are anti-women but i think women look at that. i agree with that. the question is why in the last month? the question is that s been the case. they ve been passing that. something is happening in the last month. there s one argument is the todd akin had a branding effect and reminded people of the stuff that had been going on. a couple of things about that. i think it s a myth that pennsylvania is a swing state. if you go back and look, it s just not a swing state. it hasn t been for a while. virginia. i think you re right about akin poisoning the whole republican brand. he is a good reminder of what people don t like about the republican party. keep this in mind, you re talking about nationalizing the race. i ve been covering elizabeth warren. i don t think she has any choice. if you ve ever seen her speak, she knows not the first thing about massachusetts. her wo