still with us are eugene robinson and stuart stevens. eugene, indeed with this dictum of no masks, no problem, crowd back inside venues and dining halls, the governor puts texans in a tough spot. we did some sampling of texas voters. we'll play that for you and discuss on the other side. >> we want to run this business to its full capacity. we just feel that it's unsafe. >> with the mixed messages we know that everyone's going to have their own opinion now as to what to do. and we want to require people to wear masks. >> it's worrying because i want to care about like i said first my family, and second thing my friends, you know, and everybody else. >> those were folks in austin, and we get it, blue dot in a red state. but eugene, here's the thing. this governor who has proven he can't keep the lights on in texas, was this just the most texas thing he could do by saying no masks, no problem? >> i think it was. i mean, look, he was not -- he was not doing that well politically given the disaster with the cold weather and the blackouts and