exclusionary messages and nasty signs and racist things, mark and i have talked many times about the fact that that's not the sort of thing he welcomes. and, in fact, the tea party movements across the country have done something in the last week, mark, to underscore that. tell me a bit about it. >> that's right. we're really pleased. yesterday we announced the formation of the national tea party federation, and really it was about developing, if you will, a messaging hub so that people could come together, coordinate both the response to some of these allegations that have occurred in the news media, indeed, and also to place before our membership the kinds of ideas that we want to communicate to the market at large, the news media and to our own respective organizations. it's a great idea and a great idea. >> let me tell my audience a little bit about what is going on here. 21 groups have joined it so far. 30 more have applied to join this national tea party federation. and here's what they're concentrating on --