elisecolleague, a least upo stepanek has been focused on that. , in yourer of course mind, this has not played out. give me your perspective on why that is the case and number two, your thoughts about changing that number. rep. cheney: first of all, the number is way too low. we have to do what we can to get more republican women elected. secondly, it is not an accident that the number is so low. speaker pelosi was really effective at targeting our women particularly if you look across california and the kinds of tactics the democrats have put in place. things like ballot harvesting and others that have really particularly helped to ensure in some places i think unfairly that our women and men candidates have been beaten. host: for those that may not be familiar with the nomenclature of elections, what is that reference? rep. cheney: as an example, young kim running in california -- she won the election but as the absentee ballots came in and ballot harvesting refers to an attack that the democrats have used extensively in california whoe they have volunteers go around and collect absen