then there is a whole second chapter that has to do with compet tce. there' morality story and also the competence story, which is that if this administration was not even able to impose its own policy, whichuts you point they've been thinking about for years, in aompetent manner, keeping track of children so you don't lose them, being able to tell people where thoseld cn are, how much credibility is the adminisation goingo have the next time it tries to argue not just to democrats but to republicans that it's time for a new policy? michael: kee in mind to dan's point there are different interests for president and for facing akers who ar the voters this year. the president doesn't face the voters for anothha two and a years. you know, for all of the stuff that's been happening here, his base i b't going toieve he backed down. his base isn't really going to ink, oh, well, you know, now he's not one of us anymore. cause he'sot them locked in. and i dwonder whether the closer we get to the elections to the mid ter that the gulf between president trump's i