That they are a better alternative than the democrats. so this is a very are unpredictable year but no one should pretend that the democrats don't have their han s s full and this could be close. >> the republicans have an 11-point advantage on enthusiasm, their voters more fired up, likely to vote the same time version close and they haven't closed the deal yet. at the same time, overall, all incumbent, more democrats than republicans, face the 72% unfavorability rating, a devastating number from the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. >> a big number but we have had numbers like that before...