the south south carolina senator there. he s made the decision that yes, that s what he wants to see. when given the choice, no, you don t want a moderate republican, you want a conservative republican in there. you don t even want a establishment conservative, you want an outsider. and he s getting aggressive. he s going against the leadership of his own party. in colorado in indiana, in particular. in a couple of other places. where he s endorsing in some cases, a candidate that has almost no shot, probably, indiana, to a place in colorado, where he may create an environment where the democrats suddenly have an easier time holding that colorado senate seat than they would otherwise. so i think there are some wings and i think jim dement there s a case where he sees himself as sort of the conservative leader. and perhaps he s got national ambitions. and i think some of that is playing out in some of these places as well. chris, just to add to chuck s point, jim dement has said publi
you ve got mike castle, moderate republican from delaware as a nominee in that senate race. so i think broadly there s a sense that we need in the republican party needs to return to their roots. but there are those examples here. in california you ve got a conservative state assemblyman, chuck devore struggling to compete with two moderates. carly fiorina for that. so i agree with you broadly that that s the nature of it. but i think there are these examples here and there that suggest it s not 100% allegiance to the right. let me try to refine this question. could it be, chuck, then chris, that the republicans are saying, well, where we have a choice, where it looks like we win the general election either way, let s get ourselves a real conservative. is that what s going on? rrl well, i think you re seeing some of it. look, let s look at jim demint. he s the south carolina senator there. he s made the decision that yes, that s what he wants to see. when given the choice, no, you do