yet. >> so you think that she could still win if she gets the republican nomination? >> i think she could but paul is right. it's much tough her a general election it's not a private club. it is a left-of-center state and it would be much tougher, no question. here's what republicans say. what good would it do us to have an arlen specter in the senate? that's the way many republicans up there look at mike castle. we had to ship arlen specter back to the democrats where he was much mover comfortable. what good would it do to build a new republican senate majority around that? >> paul, what do you make of john boehner's talk this weekend about, perhaps, not extending the bush tax cuts for the wealthy? >> you know, as one of my old bosses used to say, a hit dog barks. it tells me if i were way poker player, president obama went out and saad republicans want to hold middle-class tax cuts hostage in order to cut taxes for the very, very wealthy, those making over $250,000 a year. like alex. as soon as -- president obama