deficit under control, we could have real problems where u.s. debt gets downgraded. >> and ed, if you would, tell us about this new appeal by joe miller's campaign in alaska. what's going on with that? >> he's appealing it now to the state supreme court in alaska. you'll remember that lisa murkowski has declared victory. she was a write-in in the general election because she lost the primary to joe miller. he's now challenging and has been challenging, counting of write-in ballots that had misspelled names for example, even though the board of election had decided before that voters' intent would be taken into account. if it was clear that it was just off by a letter or two and they were trying to vote for her, they would count that. a judge has also ruled that joe miller has not proven there was any election fraud. he's appealing all of this to