extremism and absurd. that's one of the fault lines this party is going to have to negotiate in 2010. they need to connect to independents, as well, as well as the tea partiers. >> they're going to hear tonight from glenn beck, right? >> they sure are. polarizing figure. in many ways a guy who dislikes republicans as much as he dislikes democrats. >> he is a conservative independent, no question. and he is a professional polarizer, and he's been very effective. and in many ways his keynote speech is the main event as rush limbaugh's was last year. glenn beck is someone who has compared the president to a socialist, said we may be on the road to socialism, fascism as a nation, using insindry language. that's the tone this goes out on.