i mean, the fact is we may find out tonight it's the tea party and i think the implications of michelle bachmann's response will go beyond the state of the union and could influence the 2012 republican nomination. when you look at the first three contests, iowa, south carolina, new hampshire, iowa and south carolina are heavily influenced by the tea party, always go for the conserve teufplt now we have the surprise election over the weekend of a pea that's right member, jack kim balance, head of the republican party in new hampshire. bachmann is clearly looking to run for president and i think you have to start to take seriously that she could make a run at this and that's a problem for the republicans keeping the tea party in line. martha: sounds to me like that's what the democrats would love, they'd love to say this is a tea party rift. >> they might like -- >> martha: you're running for president, and you know, go right at her. >> they might like to say that. i'd say this is a problem republicans could have. last year this problem led to historic gains in the house. so if this is a problem for republicans, it's not a bad one to have. martha: you know, the