hampshire primary saying that he was going to endorse newt gingrich and not mitt romney because mitt, nils g nice guy, embodied the 1% tells you the impact they've had. have they had an impact on the politics or the legislative process, no. find me one candidate who was recruited as an occupy wall street candidate to run for any office. i haven't found one yet. so there's a real difference and it gets back to why will rogers says i'm not a member of an organized political party, i'm a democrats. >> a number of questions, combatants have taken a shot at, it's been in part of their earlier comments but i think this is a very direct question and norm, i'll start with you on this, maybe i'll elaborate. the question is simply, doesn't it seem like democrats are unwilling to meet the gop halfway, and if i may just add to that, it seems to many i think steve that the republicans went more than half way for much of the last century, they went 80% of the way, 90% of the way and republicans are sticking up for republican principles while democrats are refusing to move at all their way. comment? >> i don't -- i