if you look at the approval rating that obama has among hispanic voters it s about 70%. so they re thinking in states like nevada, california, in these states with large black and brown populations if they can get those folks engaged and not all of them, i don t think they believe the enthusiasm level will be the same as it was in 2008 but if they re able to peel off, you know, a good portion of those new voters that came to the polls in 2008, they really like their chances in 2010, in november. you know, eleanor, you talk about how the republicans may be a little more fired up and that s probably in no large part i mean due in large part to the tea party and all of that sort of fire branding that s gone on within the party and we also have the scrutiny continuing of christine o donnell of course the newly minted gop senate candidate in delaware. here are new developments this weekend. bill maher dug up this tv clip from 1999 where o donnell says she, quote, dabbled in witchcraft.