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Alan west joins us. >> thank you. >> greta: was a good for florida to host this convention? >> i think a great thing for florida to host this convention. we're hosting final debate in boca raton. >> helps be the swing state. >> it helps to be a swing state. we're make sure we're going to swing it in the right direction. >> greta: do you, are you stats fied? your a tea party -- is that a. >> i'm a grass roots guy. >> greta: g are you 100% fats saths fied with your ticket? >> i am. when you look at the case they've made, they made the case about contrast between governing philosophyes and fiscal...

Alan west joins us. >> thank you. >> greta: was a good for florida to host this convention? >> i think a great thing for florida to host this convention. we're hosting final debate in boca raton. >> helps be the swing state. >> it helps to be a swing state. we're make sure we're going to swing it in the right direction. >> greta: do you, are you stats fied? your a tea party -- is that a. >> i'm a grass roots guy. >> greta: g are you 100% fats saths fied with your ticket? >> i am. when you look at the case they've made, they made the case about contrast between governing philosophyes and fiscal...

Recently left the group for pursuit of this broader agenda of a custom solution for community restoration. give us a sense, if you would, about why you are making the decision to sort of shed an identity that has great currency for you and has some issues for you as everyone identity does. msnbc does for me. and i think all of us. why are you making this decision? >> really for me, it boiled down to philosophy. i'm a grass roots guy. i was just at the state capital with a bunch of tea partiers. and that's really who i am. it's about bringing power to the people at the local level. i just felt ...

This that still leave us in the balance for seeking gains as well against republican positioning. >> shannon: a lot of nuance to the numbers. >> that's correct. >> let's look at the hard numbers and how they seem to be in favor of the gop because so many of this is controlled at the state level. 36 state legislatures handle the state districting. some it is a combination. right now republicans control 25 state legislatures. 8 divided, democrats control 16. the governors split 29 republican, 29 democrat. in the last round of elections. so chairman, do you have any worries as david has outlined?...