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 multiply. 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 disadvantage to republicans running for office if the party isn't raising as much funds -- as much money as it could because that money's being diverted to these outside groups? >> well, wait a minute. i kept pace with the democrats in my first year. in the first 11 months i was in office i outraised the democracy in 7 out of those 11 months. >> but you ended $21 million in the red -- >> as did every committee including the dnc, including the republican senatorial committee and the congressional committee