to have their first amendment rights to be heard, being protected by this government. she walked it back a little bit but it was not a full i think this is a bad day for the government of baltimore and state of maryland. the national guard has been put on alert and she hasn t been present recently to explain what her police force is doing to keep order and right now it looks pretty bad. i mean it looks like they are standing around and buildings are on fire. and i think, you know she s been good on this in the earlier weeks of this couldn t verse see. she needs to come out again. we should point out, this is one part of baltimore. it s not like the city is on fire or essentially under siege but it s a situation and it s dangerous. there s a total failure of leadership here. people can look at the scenes and they know that there s a city out of control on the
race there now against someone who of course ran for the republican nomination last time. he s one of the leading figures in the tea party movement in congress. okay. aaron, how much do you think the irs couldn t verse see might play into the midterms yesterday? this is a story that is going to be around for a while. i think it s incumbent on the republicans not to overplay their hand a little bit. the more they make this look like a partisan effort, the less credibility it has when in fact there are very valid questions that they are asking right now. if this is drawn out, if this makes the administration look bad, it could have an impact on the 2014 elections. as we saw in 2010, it s all about motivations for the republicans. when they had the tea party riled up and angry about what was going on, they turned out in droves in 2010 and it was a huge year for republicans. republicans need that kind of