this extremely negative way, suggesting that hope has been in some way transformed into fear on fire? well, you know that their tactics are going to be about fear in some ways. this is how they sort of attempt and pander to certain areas within their base. fear mongering in politics is nothing new and certainly is nothing new from the right. it seems to me that it is a little bit early for this. that this is kind of a last-ditch effort you might see later on in the campaign. i m not surprised by it. my sense, or my hope is that we kind of rise above this. fear mongering has no place in the political discourse will. yet, everything we hear from romney, his wife, mitch mckonld, paul rib, all of these individuals are creating this climb of fear. almost for boding. when actually, there are some signs that things are getting better. look. you can almost, his joy was