will be interesting to see what cox does. >> kennedy: there are a lot of democrats in the state. gavin newsom already won a statewide race. he is the lieutenant governor. he is incredibly well-known. he beat antonio villaraigosa who should have been a formidable opponent. antonio villaraigosa out-spent john cox and it didn't matter. he didn't even get half the votes that cox got. so, you know, is it just a foregone conclusion for newsom or does he actually have to run closer to the middle to get some of the counties that don't like his san francisco past or the support like the train to nowhere, the high-speed train that is not high-speed and it does not connect l.a. with san francisco? >> marie: california is a democratic state. the headwinds against someone like the republican candidate for governor are incredible strong. and just from numbers game, there are a lot of democrats -- these are liberal democrats in california. now what was interesting -- >> kennedy: in part of california. >> marie: in parts of california. >> abby: you also have a lot of military families and