them get away with saying no on the paul ryan kill medicare budget plan? then i m going to need more popcorn than i thought i was going to need to cover politics this year. joining us from buffalo, new york, is phil fairbanks, a reporter with the buffalo news. thank you for your time. good to see you, rachel. thank you. the national republican figures who have been involved in this race have been saying insistently, that the only reason this race provides opposition is because of the tea party candidate. what can you tell about jack davis support and his effect on the race in the district right now? i think he still remains a factor. certainly not the factor he was two or three weeks ago. his poll numbers are way down. so his impact on the race has greatly diminished from a couple of weeks ago.