you that we have done pretty well on the internet. my average contribution when i ran for the senate was something like $45. you need a lot of those types of contributions to add up. do i think we can do it? i think we can raise a reasonable amount of money. >> if you take a shot are you going as a "d" or as an "i"? >> still one of the issues that we have to determine. there are advantages and disadvantages of both. there's as lot of unhappiness with the two-party system. more and more people are moving outside of it. on the other hand if you run as an independent as i have my whole political life here in vermont it is really hard and takes a lot of money and energy to get on the ballot in 50 states. those are the pros and cons. >> 47 republicans sent a letter to iran. is it possible senator, they actually did a favor to the administration and to secretary kerry because they set up a good cop/bad cop routine. gives secretary kerry the ability to say to the iranians