beaten. >> campaigns are really hard. that's what you come to find out. i think that the strategy of shifting to incumbents may actually be better than trying to recruit new candidates because there's so much quote, unquote, noise in campaigns and, you know whether or not new candidates are going to be attractive to voters. i think it's probably a better way to go but i think this needs to be something of strategy considered in the long term, not the short term. we've got to have a long strategy on this. >> it's not an issue that is ever going to percolate enough with voters to make it a defining issue in any race in america. >> because people have lots of money for voters to keep from caring. >> another headline from "usa today," dakota meyer, medal of honor recipient engaged to sarah palin's daughter. the couple announcing their engagement on instagram. i think you can see the photo there. meyer was awarded the medal of honor in 2011 for his service in afghanistan. he made five trips into an ambush zone to recover the bodies of fallen marines.