raised, $500,000 checks. it s a somewhat grim vision of what american politics looks like. it seems that we re staring at the future of american politics in the wisconsin race. we re dealing with our present. the reality is wisconsin represents in a broader sense how the unions. but more importantly, the diminishment of political structure. in other words, a lot of this is not driven by the organized dnc, the organized rnc. it is driven by people. and that is the one thing, that is the one take away going back from when this first began. i always link this to the tea party, as well as the occupy. this movement of people, whether you agree or disagree with the political story. the fact that people now see themselves as engaged through structures that aren t