hearing officer. it goes to the board of direction officers. it goes to the courts. great pleasure will having you on. despite allegations he financially mismanaged the republican party and you ve got the stripper controversy and his self described with foot in mouth disease, michael steele is running for a second term. steele surprised many with his big announcement made last night on a conference call. he says his critics want to replace him because his style is different than most party chairmen. he says he s more of a guy of the street. or more of a street guy. just after the midterms i asked steele about his chances of reclaiming his seat. despite a lot of the hits that you ve take in the media, some of what many describe as gaffes or whatever, you re in an excellent position because of the results last night in the midterm elections to seek re-election as your party s chair. do you believe you are in a better place this morning because of those results than the night before