i love serving with lamarr alexander. my colleague. loved getting to know howard baker through the years. there are so many people who have -- i take a little bit from everyone. i do not know that i could say there was anybody who was my perfect role model. >> if you look at howard baker and lamarr alexander and your brand of politics, is it different from other states or legislators? >> i do not think so. when you say different, what do you mean by that? >> you are not aligned with the tea party, you are often viewed as the bridge between democrats and republicans. >> yeah. i look at myself as a true fiscal conservative. i really do. i think that, i mean, we have laid out those stuff things that need to happen to save our nation. i am not talking about just laying them out rhetorically. we have written bills that have the tough medicine in them that lay out what needs to happen to make sure that the entitlement programs that so many people depend upon are solvent over the next 75 years. that our country is saved in the process. i thin