of a professional political background, people who have run and one campaign, not just in the good suttles, but in the testicles over the course of a -- good cycles, but in the cycle's over the course of a variety of states. i was uniquely positioned between the professional background and also been close enough to enough committee members that i would get a fair hearing at least as a candidate for chairman. >> talking to rnc members, there is a feeling that they want of their own. they want one of their 68 to run through the committee in this upcoming cycle. that will be crucial to the party. why not elect one of their own? why bring you in? why bring someone who does not have a vote in the committee into the fold? >> there is a real hunger for confidence. committee members are tired of being embarrassed. they're tired of being underfunded. >> are using the chairman still was not confident? -- german steele was not confidence? -- chairman steele was not confidence? >> the mission of the first -- the first mission of the next chairman is that there is a clear political statement and that t