davis, barry, snyder, watson, els worth, moore, delahunt, stupak, kennedy, gordon, tanner, baird, massa, wexler, abercrombie, and five from the senate. dodd, dorgan, botch, kaufmann. the climate for democrats seems to have been a toxic one. the party is now polling at l-t question. what explains the exodus of leading democrats like senator dodd? is this a case of rats leaving a sinking ship? >> well, dodd's got a particular problem. he really could have lost that seat for the democratic party, john, but overall, i don't think there's too many democrats retiring, but there is a hellish problem in the democratic party. the president is down to his lowest level. health care reform has gone down ever sips it passed. the polls show the democratic party running for congress at a lower level by four points than it was in 1994 when they got wiped out and lost 52 seats. it is really the slew of despond, and there's real apprehensions because tea party and republicans are very energized. there is one hope for the democrats, and that is sort of bright lights in the national economy, but that's wha