and glen johnson, frankly, was a strong candidate for the republic, really was so they were lucky in that sense. he seized on education, which after you know, years a school closing due to co bed, a lot of parents frustrated feeling like they're not being heard. he was able to work on those sort of like pocketbook issues and just day to day local state issues that people really need, especially now that they're not feeling much trust from the broader government. david, one of the things you try, one of the things that i found interesting is that joe biden and brock obama went to virginia and campaign for terry mcauliffe. a donald trump did not go there. what is the deeper message of what you see in the shift that we saw? not only in virginia, but elsewhere around the country, you wrote about it recently in the washington post. i think what we've seen, steve is an amazing you know, i call it a manic episode in the democratic party. that because they were able to get 50 votes in the senate, the tiniest conceivable majority. it's only a majority because the vice president can pass a cas