there's no better state directors than patrick jaynes. he has served as deputy chief of staff. i've traveled thousands of miles with patrick. he's not run into anybody, but we've been through a lot of flat tires and some speeding tickets patrick and i have seen it all. he's full of insights. he's got energ for the next event and can always solve a problem. during my time in the senate the conference elected me three times as chairman of the senate republican conference that's a little bit of a political job. you're supposed to come up with someing that republicans can say to counter what democrats are sayg. it's he -- he is picial a challenge for -- he is picial challenging for kins to get them to talk on a single message. republican senators are he especially independent minded. republicans and democrats will often do things together as a caucus but we do it different than they do it. democrats will a hold hands and jump off the cliff together. republicans will also all jump off the cliff at the same time, but one wil do a somersault, one will do back flip, one will do a dive,