it has been proposed by congressman john sarbanes-oxley match low dollar contributions for candidates and i think that could be applied to state parties. i think that would be more calculated to strengthen them because once people make a small contribution, they are invested in the process. a final note i would say is the federal parties already have quite a bit more access to unrestricted money as a result of the fec ruling in 2014, without going into too much detail allows joint fundraising committees to raise much larger contributions. and this is actually happening. elected officials on capitol hill are setting up joint fundraising committees and raising contributions up to $300 and a time to give to political parties for new special accounts created by a spending bill that allows parties to operate special accounts with much higher contribution limits for buildings and conventions and recounts. that money is coming in and i don't see a change in the strength of the party. it's a complicated political landscape and i think we need to proceed with caution. elaine: thank you very mu

it has been proposed by congressman john sarbanes-oxley match low dollar contributions for candidates and i think that could be applied to state parties. i think that would be more calculated to strengthen them because once people make a small contribution, they are invested in the process. note i would say is the federal parties already have quite a bit more access to unrestricted money as a result ruling in 2014, without going into too much joint fundraising committees to raise much larger contributions. and this is actually happening. elected officials on capitol hill are setting up joint fundraising committees and raising contributions up to $300 and a time to give to political parties for new special accounts created by a spending bill that allows parties to operate special accounts with much higher contribution limits for buildings and conventions and recounts. that money is coming in and i don't see a change in the strength of the party. it's a complicated political landscape and i think we need to proceed with caution. andne: thank you very much thank you to everyone. i though