mr. babinec, we are going to start with you. mr. babinec: i am delighted to answer this, because it is a big reason i am running as a third-party candidate. i am terribly frustrated by the unwillingness of our current political parties to cross party lines and get something done. gridlock inwe have washington. some of that is due to the funding situation. as we know, the special interest political action committees, or have a lot to do with the money candidates raise in order to run for office. this particular race right here in upstate new york is expected to exceed $12 million being invested for these three candidates. more than $7 million of that $12 million comes from these special interest pacs. i don't take a dollar of that. i am the only candidate that has gone off taken any financing from a special-interest pac. up havingt, you end candidates all over the u.s. that become beholden to these special interest funding, and that is the reason they don't like to cross party lines. it shuts off the money flow. as you think about it,