. >> i really accept the deepest of these of my colleagues here, anani know how concerned they are -- theeep sympathies of my colleagues here and i know how concerned they are about the future of conservatism and republicans. come on, this is rubbish. this is an important element of the republican resurgence, entirely spontaneous, completely driven by opposition to the expansion of the role of government, which began with this administration with great legislation's instituting that. it's a natural pushback and is extremely healthy for any democracy to have that. >> we are all for democracy, colby. >> yes, we are, but let's get back to the point of where these people come from. about a year ago, the president of the united states had a simple idea, to speak to american schoolchildren about going to school and applying themselves. there was a cry from that side of the political spectrum saying, open but we don't want the president to speak to our kids -- "we don't want a president to speak to our kids." this was before health care was enacted, but for financial reform is enacted, but f