but one thing i want to point out, we are seeing in politics, that our political environment is becoming a lot more about personality and about pop culture. we have a president that is tapped into pop culture where he is more of a rock star and you see him out there on leno and letterman and the view and what not. >> but i would like to concentrate on the tea party and how it's affecting republican candidates. bau they suffered from high profile losses. cuccinelli lost in virginia. a house race in alabama, the tea party candidate, eventually loss. doesn't that concern you? >> christie has a big personality and people like that. but cuccinelli, yes, he did lose last night. but we closed that gap. and the republican party, where were they? in 2009, they spent $9 million