the country. is it being felt in the capital? on this issue? >> you know, it is and it isn't. i mean, i have to say, as much as people here inside washington, for example, were not surprised that the super committee failed, i think that real people outside of washington were surprised, and i was surprised that people here in washington didn't feel more of an accountability and a consequence to that. and i say that to say, similarly, when we talk about getting money out and the sort of increasing strength that that has a message and as a desire of the american people, folks here in washington are still a bit out of step, and we're still hearing the same conversations, you know, we're still hearing, we've got to cut spending. we're still hearing, we can't tax millionaires. so the conversation hasn't changed, certainly not on the conservative side, to where it should, based on what we're seeing around the country and the kinds of things we're hearing and these ideas that are coming forward. >> don't you think they also need to get to pennsylvania