base than like moderates in certain states but he s going to be everywhere, going to be in the debates. the big use of him is firing up conservatives as molly noted. conservatives have been lukewarm about molly. getting the base really excited, really revved up, eager to volunteer, eager to give money. i think they ve raised $3 million since yesterday. so that s what his real value is. molly, as we look at congressman ryan recently telling the new yorker he was miserable in the bush years, voting yay for policies that led to enormous defer sits like t.a.r.p., medicare, part d, the bush tax cuts, extending the bush tax cuts. will the obama campaign frame him as a flip-flopper as well? i don t know if the deficit issue is a case of flip-flopp g flip-flopping. if you look at ryan s budget plan, it does not balance the budget. so i think they ll be pounding on that point to say that if you re looking for someone who is going to balance the budget he s not necessarily your guy.