republicans whothere are 54 seay held by republicans but got 65% of the votes or less, and the republicans have name my job much easier since they took the gavel. they made commitments to the american people and flip-flop. they said they would repeal health care but it for themselves and took away from their constituents, so the state of the democratic party is sound. the republicans are helping us along the way. >> as you start fund-raising, are you not competing for president obama's reelection campaign? >> we are competing with the presidential election, and we are also competing with a historic number of senate seats, so there is no question of fund raising part of it does have some challenges outside of our control, the presidential campaign and many senate seats. we raised over $1 million online. while we are competing with the presidential campaign and would senate campaigns, our voters throughout the country are energized, charged up, and contributing. our member dues have done very well. we are doing what is necessary to work around the fact that we do have that high level of comp