>> first of all, thanks to all the stations for hosting us tonight in this important debate, and i'm really looking forward to an hour-long conversation with you, the louisiana voter. i'm very proud to have the support of the tea party movement in louisiana as a strong louisiana conservative. and i believe the tea party represents mainstream values in america, not extremism as my opponent has said. now, my opponent on several occasions has denigrated the tea party, quite frankly. he compared it to the far left activist group, moveon.org, which i believe is a real insult. he said duri...