they have -- they beat lisa mercowski in the primary. she then ran a campaign on a write in. american history. especially with a name like mercowski. you misspell it with a y instead of an i, the ballot is thrown out. she was able to demonstrate if you motivate them to come out, they can take back the center. and you can get a congress which will be functional. and -- >> let me ask you, arlen. you obviously jumped ship from the republicans to the democrats. and the democrats just reading lines from your book pretty well betrayed, i guess, what you thought they were going to do with you in terms of support. i understand why you would feel pretty peeved off with them all. but isn't the reality as harry truman said, if you want a friend in washington, get yourself a dog. isn't that the reality? >> piers, i'm not talking about the dogs. and i'm not talking about what happened to me. i'm talking about what happened to the country. you have the fringes of both parties haven't taken control. and you have gridlock. and you have the important issues of the government not being taken c