Able to play this kind of southern strategy. so actually, i think in certain ways, yes, it s a revival of it, but it feels like the kind of death gasp revival of it. chris, as we look at this ugliness, i think the good news, the thing that encourages many of us is that it is not working. yes, there are certain groups that are rising up, but they are in the minority. i think most american people have moved on and began to understand that the fight for fairness and equality which is not over, but is clearly the right side of history and where they want to be as american people. yeah, i mean, that s exactly right. particularly, i think of it issy in context and framework of the national political culture. the national political culture as it pertains to the re-election of the first african-american president. i think the place it s most disturbing is exactly in the place where you are today which is at the state level, particularly in a state like arizona or alabama in which state leg