until yesterday when eric holder said really. the attorney general was sober and careful and used careful words. didn t describe all of it or most of it. just some. when you see some of the signs and i won t describe them you know some of it is racial. a lot of constitutional scholars said this standing by john boehner, he doesn t have standing to bring the lawsuit. yale s akil amar said it remiebds him of birtherism. nothing like this has succeeded, won t succeed and it is an attempt to play to the ugliness of the base. i agree. dana, what s the democrats opportunity here? it s a difficult year for them. this has been essentially a gift. the overplaying of the hand by the republican party. as you mentioned there is some fund-raising advantage here. as candidates go out like the republican senate candidate in