and when i say run away from their local media, i mean literally run away from local media. >> will you answer some questions really quickly? >> i'm sorry. >> so you don't have anything to say dean's comments? no answer from angle. sharron you don't have any -- >> we're running behind. i'm sorry. >> sharron angle running away from karen griffin, a local reporter for the tv station krnv in reno, nevada. the same thing of course happened in delaware. christine o'donnell's campaign turns away local reporters for delaware's news journal at a recent event but let national reporters from "the wall street journal" and "new york times" in. the strategy here is clear. democrats may have felt like they had the luxury of choosing whether or not to run local campaigns or national campaigns for this year's elections but top tier republicans are not bothering to compete on the local level anymore.