1-877-hurricane dennis-msnbc. my question tonight is do you think the number one priority for the republicans is defeat president obama in 2012? press the number 1 for yes, the number 2 for no i will bring you the results later on in the show. . joining me now ohio senator sherrod brown. good tough with us tonight. good to be back. nice article by howard curtz today, man. you are my hero. we got to tell it like it s we can t back down. i like that story about the i like the story about the homeless shelter, ed but go on, sorry. great story. it is the truth. thank you. i appreciate that sir. talk about the kind of person you are. well, and i think from the record of what we ve seen of mitch mcconnell here in this most recent comments after you compromised and you voted with the president and a lot of republicans this is what you get for mitch. he is putting out a political threat and in this holiday season saying you better work with them again or next year is going to