the left? you know, i don t belong to an org need party, i m a democrat, and sometimes we tend to fight amongst ourselves a lot and it gives openings to the gop. i think that s why the president over the weekend at the congressional black caucus said stop complaining. i don t think he was talking to them specifically, i think he was talking to the progressive phaoplment generally, we ve got to work together or we re going see president romney orioo. democrats are always looking to who else can do this or be better at that. that s the way we are. we don t tend to unite around a single candidate in this party. it s been our problem for a generation. it s why republicans have a majority now. let s face it, for all the talk of the tea party last year, if democrats would have showed up at the polls the polls they would have won many house seats. not all but many of them. that s the problem with our party. bill: how do you evaluate what these numbers tell us, jonah? i think chris is