so, you know, i mean, i think it's a defensive maneuver. >> s.e. cupp, some of these tea party candidates and nonestablished republicans with not that much experience in the game seem to view aggressive questioning or looking into somebody's past records as some kind of unfair assault. >> yeah. and, i mean, you know, it's -- it's complicated, because you want these newcomers to be vetted. i mean, thank god carl paladino looks great on paper, but i am very, very grateful we have gotten to know him better through press. >> i don't want to get to know him better than this. >> trust me, i'm with you. but, you know, so that is good. however, i think these candidates real ize that, you know, a lot of people in the media really dropped the ball in 2008. they remember that. they watched it happen. they watched people attack sarah palin, for example, and turned sound bites into stories. you're seeing that happen again. i mean, the media has jumped on sharron angle and christine o'donne o'donnell's comments about church and state, and they've turned that into a s

senior writer s.e. cupp is here.ticle, government investigator says 89,000 stimulus payments of $250 each went to people either dead or in prison. dead or in prison! >> do i need to commit a crime, how can i get that? did i need to croak? >> i've been campaigning around virginia, all these democrats who voted for it, chuck smith and griffith and murray, they are all gonna be on this. they are saying you think is the right spending of hardworking taxpayers' money it is outrageous, disgrace. it is insulting. >> sean: it is. think about this, with the numbers that came out this week of record number of people needing food stamps assistance. 90,000 dead people we are giving money, people in prison are getting money. where is the accountability, pat? >> this is the second time we had a report like this some months ago, last year. apparently it keeps going on. what i'm amazed by, i have to say, it is outrage just. they had -- i can't remember 100 some billion they can account for in the stimulus. they don't know where the