You were telling me specifically you were surprised by the reaction, and try to incorporate this into the question, by the reaction of Northern ethnics.

Yes, well I, for instance, in Massachusetts the reaction of Northern ethnics was, uh, brought home to me profoundly. It's one of the reasons I started opening my eyes a little bit and changing my views a great deal. But, in Massachusetts we had a monumental task achieving ballot position. We had a deadline by which you had to have so many registered electors to sign petitions to get on the ballot--

L-let me cut you for one second, because, that's, can you cut for one second?