was different than maybe what the rest of the party wanted to do and that might explain why people were criticizing you, what's the style of the republican party that your style was so incompatible with? how did they want to -- >> well, the style of the party before was just let's put out a press release, let's just say something, anything, but let's not back it up by actually connecting with people. we built a coalitions department that actually was grassroots oriented. we are a grassroots party. we always have been. that's been the strength of the gop. what we recognize in this new financial environment, for example, with the advent of 527s, mccain-feingold pressures on party committees, was we had to raise money differently. yeah, we had major donors who left, but they had relationships with the bush era, with karl rove and all those guys. they followed them to their 527s. god bless you. go have fun. be fruitful and multifly. i love that. i love being able to compete one on one with democrats, not just at the committee level but beyond that at the 527 level. >> but isn't there a