. -- with our guest, douglas schoen. for democrats, 202-737-0002. for republicans, 202-737-0001. for independents, 202-628-0205. you can send us a twitter at twitter.com/c-spanwj. you can e-mail us at journal@c- span.org. you had mentioned to the tea party. our guest that was supposed to be here had told them asking specific questions. but the party, 81% disapprove -- the tea party, 81% disapprove of the president's jobs. the impression on congressional republicans, 57% favorable, 37% unfavorable. what would you read that? guest: here is why i think. first, the tea party is a non- partisan movement to the extent that there is a partisan test to the data, as suggested, it is decidedly pro-republican and anti-democratic. but they are not affiliated with the republican party, even though they line up with them on virtually every issue. that said, there are people mostly disaffected with democrats, big government and the like. i think that they are energizing the republican base and a constituency, which is one of the reasons i think that the republicans will do as well as i suggeste