i think that's one dimension of the fact that this -- >> doug bailey, another founding member of the ripon society had a quote. moderates are moderate. raising the sword of moderation and marching on the street, it's a contradiction in terms. the thing about moderates they have doubts, they see the world in shades of grays. if you have no doubts whether that comes from religious certainty you're going to do whatever it takes. you'll make the person investment of your time, energy, passion to see that your view prevails. moderates kind of hope for the best. if it doesn't work out, that's okay too. >> i think there is another aspect to this, though. that is, we now talk about the moderates as this embattled narrow band always fighting for survival. in fact, if you think of it the other way the moderates were in many ways the establishment. and so every movement that attempted to crack the establishment couldn't do it from the top down. they had to do it from the bottom up. this was the essence of the goldwater revolution in '64, was to go out and organize the grass roots. the religious