several others have a good shot. it was a historical election when president obama got elected. i think that opens door. a lot of african-americans believe they can compete and win in white districts and i think they're going to. >> is this michael steele? >> michael steele's done a great job of reaching out. the agenda for republicans fits in. there's a social-conservative agenda many african-americans support and i think they're fed up with liberal governance that does not work saying we're going to give republicans a try. >> michael steele, himself a couple weeks ago said there wasn't a lot of reasons for african-americans to consider the republican party. >> quick comment, bill press. b.p. dishing out a lot of money. big oil dishing out lot of money. do the democrats give it back? >> i don't think anybody who sits on the committee should be taking money from any company that comes before them. let's keep our eye on the prize here, right? the focus, the villain is b.p. the villain is transocean. the villain is halliburton and