more and more positions that were traditionally held by democrats. so, yeah, i'm guessing that kr played a minor role, katrina. but it's not the more significant role. the more significant role, i think that being republican is becoming more and more of a part of what it means to be white in the south. and because of that, she is struggling mightily, with white voters, she has lost them since 2002. and now she has to cling on to them desperately. so if white republicans, white voters are more republican than they used to be, then the past to her re-election has to come about from convincing some republicans to vote for her. >> you're right. i've seen the stats, i don't know louisianians offhand, but the exit polls, mississippi, alabama, states nearby, if you break it down by race, obama was getting 95%-plus from african-americans and mitt romney was getting 90-plus% from