context of a midterm and more significantly a presidential campaign. no tea party affiliated group was granted tax exempt status for 27 months. many progressive groups received some of and expedited basis. the question raised by a couple of people has been if the story had broken last spring when it became known to some people within the executive branch, the obama administration, if that had ebgt exploded in the public view in march of 2012? would it have affect egd th affected the outcome. would it put back on the table allies of the mitt romney campaign, the tea party groups, none of which were working on behalf of obama, jugs the opposite. this is a campaign story and i think it s worth remembering that. martha: the question is whether or not lois tucker was instructed to do what she did. were the rogue agents who