. >> joining us tonight, james traub and ralph reid. >> welcome to both of you. great to see you back. >> nice to see you again. nice to see you. >> ralph. >> welcome, welcome. >> cnn broke the spell and we got this remarkable interview. jim acosta of cnn with christine o'donnell. she came in on the broom stick and gave an interview. she said she wants to -- the republican tea party candidate for the united states senate of delaware and she said we are going to extend our should extend the bush tax cuts to both solve the deficit problem and help our economy expand. >> grow the economy. >> what do you think? >> what's wrong with that? that is the official tea party position, isn't it? >> you have been cast under the spell, as well? >> no. i mean, look. it's become, i think, republican party doctrine not only in the tea party that the bush tax cuts should be extended. this is a version of a ridiculous view in the first place but that's the direction the party is going in right now. >> ralph, she was not prepared for the interview and been saving herself for fox news