moving to roll back on the victory earlier against don't ask, don't tell. they are trying to get that victory essentially negated in most part. and so you have not just the administration not helping, but in this case, hurting. what they're not doing is what governor schwarzenegger did, what attorney general brown did, we had a duty to defend a statute, but we're not going to appeal it because we happen to agree with how the court came out. the obama administration appears not to be doing that. >> jonathan turley, law professor at john washington university, putting as fine a point on things as we need to hear. thank you, jonathan. good to see you. >> thank you, rachel. as well as republican politicians are expected to do in the elections this year, the republican party itself as an institution doesn't really functionally exist anymore. who exactly is paying for all of this campaigning? i have a hint for you, there are not have many of them and the --