tom benson. but i can tell you this. your best years are yet to come.at does not mean it is going to be easy. in fact, i can guarantee you that you'll face adversity along the way and for most of you it will be the toughest thing you have ever had to face in your life. but i will also tell you that every successful person you meet or talk to will say that it is because of that adversity that they were given the opportunity to reach new heights that they never thought possible. for me, it was any shoulder injury back in 2005. december 31, 2005, i was playing for the san diego chargers. i dislocated my right shoulder going into a season or off-season in which i did not have a contract. did not have a job. when you have that kind of injury at the quarterback position there are not many people who come calling or knocking. during that time, i thought this is probably the worst thing that could have ever happened to me. but now i look back at it four years later and i say it was probably one of the best things that ever happened to me. [applause] because it

host: bob benson is a senior political analyst and spent many years covering legislation and politics. he wilget to your calls in just a couple of minutes. the phone lines are all the bottom of the screen -- let us stay in arkansas for a few minutes. who ishis person likely to face? guest: the congressman from northwestern arkansas. arkansas traditionally had one very strongly republican district, this visit. he won outright in the republican primary. the did not have the brawling that blanche lincoln and bill halter has had. he is an experienced politician, a conservative record -- record. and if this turns out in november to be a strong republican year nationally, it will be it harder either for blanche lincoln or bill halter as the upset primary winneto hold the seat. not impossible. arkansas traditionally is a southern state that has swung least strongly to the republican party during the transitional period, from the 1960's on. host: we need to get to california. a couple of important races there. on the senate side, the gop side, three republicans are vying to try to unseat sena