to the people that will come out and vote for republicans you have to up the crazy level a little bit. you've seen that not just from mcdonnell, but cucinelli speaking at a pro-gun march, repeal benefits or protections universities have in place for gay and lesbians, this confederate history month mcdonnell has instituted appealing to that shrinking base. >> it is also striking. this one incident in washington state, the threat against patty murray, the fbi used an anti-health reform group to catch this guy. strategically and in a law enforcement sense does that make sense? does that have difficult implications for the relationship between law enforcement and politics? >> it might have difficult implications for this group to know they are the one the fbi chose successfully to think that they would appeal to this kind