he's 1 for 5 in big primary races. he lost in new jersey and virginia. those governors races last year. he lost in the special election for ted kennedy's senate seat this year, and he lost at picking senator arlen specter over joe sestak in pennsylvania and he did get a win for blanche lincoln in arkansas. tonight he's tested in colorado. progressive andrew romanoff is surging in the polls and may win it. joining me now is former virginia governor tim kaine, chairman of the dnc. great to have you with us tonight. >> great to be back. >> is this good or bad for the democratic party? >> i'll tell you a funny story, when i started in state politics in virginia, we were lucky to get one democrat to run for anything. it was hey, like miky try it. so hard to win, we only had one, and we were lucky. when you see primary battles, it's because there's a vigorous