national race that everyone will be paying attention to, but what is interesting to me is the john tierney race. this would probably be the bluest state in the nation. >> and one thing about paul ryan and the ryan plan, its impact. >> it has the potential of being very volatile. i imagine that a lot of strategists are keeping their fingers crossed. there are looking to see how this is coalescing. i do think it would be very telling. or the issue might resonate, like in suburban denver. this is on the republican party platform. they are key bellwethers to look at. >> what did you learn today? >> well, i have been watching for some signs, and they have finely tune and finely calibrated political antenna, and as soon as they begin to sense something, you get resistance, anger, and there is still a pretty tight embrace of paul ryan. at this moment, pete ossetians just had a pfirman race of paul ryan again. >> we will give you the last word. >> once you have a lot of defectors, that is what makes it difficult. they have some defectors. they may take a united front, and one of the thing so far i