what they think, and it s, you know, in some private, polite company, we refer to it as righteous indignation. bottom line is, i m so proud of eric holder in the way that he responded, and i think he put the congressman in his place. now, you know, susan, you ve been around and have watched the congress and reported on the congress for a while. have you ever seen the tone and language like you ve seen under attorney general holder? i actually think there s an animous that exists between the attorney general and some of the republicans in congress. it s much deeper than between the president and the republican congress. and i m not entirely sure where it comes from, but it s actually very, very personal. i thought that, you know, gomert was going to challenge him to a duel. they have such a fundamental disagreement on the use of firearms i m not sure they could even agree on that. it s very personal.
going to be independents, people who shy away from this kind of language. you covered the campaign, richard, of the 2012. you heard a lot of this, saw a lot of this up close. yeah. some of this dates back to the first obama campaign in the primaries. people have come up with all sorts of dark conspiracies about where he came from. as skillful a politician he is, even he can t be both a marxist and a nazi. at some point, it just becomes ridiculous. and it s such impolite company. that s the pro-b with these mega donors putting these kinds of things into the republican bloodstream. how do you get it out once it s in? goldie, it s taken its toll, though, because all of this talk is hurting the gop brand. just 25% of voters identify as republicans. that s an all-time low. well, certainly it s hurting this fwrand and it s hurting this republican congress, but what it s really going to hurt