but you could tell the same story about mike lee, ted cruz, justin amash. there's a number of young libertarian-leaning republicans that have beat the system ask been outspent sometimes 5 to 1. and i think that's sort of one indication of this paradigm shift. >> host: those guys are in washington because of this shift, tea party, libertarian, technology, social media. but have they given us anything besides a couple high-profile filibusters? is there a oil win? >> guest: the can conversation fundamentally different here, and steering big government is a little bit like steering the titanic, and we're hoping we can turn it before we hit the iceberg. would we have been talking about the national debt, would we have had a robust argument about obamacare, would we be trying to do any of these things without this? today you look at any republican running for office, including mitch mcconnell, talking tea party talking points. he's talking about freedom, he's talking about fiscal responsibility. they weren't doing that before. that's not to say that we're winning