[jQuery] simple getting elements from ajax response not working

[jQuery] simple getting elements from ajax response not working


I've got what should be a very simple script, but I can't seem to get
anything but 'null' or 'undefined' when trying to get an elements html
or id.
The 'html(response) gets filled with ther response, but I can't get
either html or attribute id from the li.
The response has 10 li's, so I'm trying to get all of them, but
figured I would do an 'each' or something if I could just manage to
grab one. But I can't get that work?
Is there something wrong with my code?
Here's the code I've got
[code]
success: function(response){
var bidDate=$('li.show', response).attr('id');
alert(bidDate);
$('div.#holdForecast').html(response);
[/code]