we have quinton james, the president of the collective pact. a managing director of the latino victory fund. welcome to you, friends. okay, i can think of two better people to have this conversation with. quinton, let's start with you. republicans, they made it rain with september ad blitzes for candidates in pennsylvania and in wisconsin. democratic campaigns really need to be putting dollars towards countering republican ads in targeted ways. that means finding out where republican opponents are most vulnerable, finding out where the attacks that are being levied against him are sticking, and then hitting back in addressing it. do you think that democratic candidates and campaigns are meeting this moment? >> simone, thank you so much for having me. i do think the campaigns are ready for this moment. we are going to start -- it's a change in the campaign. we're going to start seeing more of that. but what we hear around the country on the ground is that people really like when they see democrats fighting. they want to see more advertising, the