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Far to the right when they're offering filibusters on every issue. look here. the big tipping point came on the stimulus bill. and i mean it was politically disastrous to cast a vote for the stimulus. but i've concluded the country would slide into a 1929 depression if we didn't have the stimulus move. you may disagree with the stimulus vote but economists have said that infusion of the federal money we would have had another depression z once i have voted for the stimulus, there was no way they'd say irreconcilable differences between me and the republican party. i have a long record elected ...

Stimulus, candy. toomi had announced he was going to run for governor. i really had a clear shot all the way. look here, you mentioned the "pittsburgh post-gazette" editorial but also the philadelphia enquirer daily news. the newspapers look carefully at the voting records, they go behind the scenes, they interview the candidates. and the "harrisburg patriot" in endorsing me was very emphatic that my vote was a vote of principle and that i was really at odds with the republican party. there were irreconcilable differences, but they were caused by my stimulus vote. and my stimulus vote was not ...

I really had a clear shot all the way. look here, you mentioned the "pittsburgh post-gazette" editorial. also, the philadelphia inquirer daily news. they look carefully at the records and go behind the scenes. the harrisburg paper in endorsing me was very emphatic that my vote was a vote of principle and that i was really at odd wts with the republican party. there were ir reconcilable differences caused by my stimulus vote. it wasn't about my job. i had a clear shot at re-election. it was to save the depression in this country. >> well, your race does seem complicated by the shift in parties,...

Some his policies that have passed this year are sitting with the american people. >> sure. 15, 16 months into his administration the country is ready to elect someone new. it's a sign of the time that people get tired of people very fast, the rose is off the bloom, and the policies aren't popular, joe. >> the policies aren't popular. the things we were talking about, sam, before about independence and moderates wanting smaller government and less debt, you know, smaller deficits, that was a political reality six, nine months ago. the president said, you know -- with his bailout culture, that ...

Last time around. >> paul: you mentioned the trifecta and some are calling it the killer trifecta and stimulus vote for health care and cap and trade and are those the big three the republicans are using? >> those are the big three and they get to the heart of the anger, among the conservative democratic vote,who believed the blue dogs when they said they wanted fiscal responsibility and seems to blow a hole in it. >> paul: okay, so, what is boyd doing to fight back? >> well, he's mostly, he's trying to localize the race and likes to talk about the things he's been bringing, and talking about ...