we'll get to john braybender in a minute. things are so unpredictable in politics. that's why i enjoy covering it. we all do. because you don't know for sure. certainly in 1998 the republicans thought they had it won because of monica and all that nonsense that went on, terrible stuff maybe, but nonsense too in its way. the president seemed to be behaving nonsensically. is there anything that can turn the wind between now and next november besides women very upset about roy moore, very upset about trump's 23 cases and whatever? >> if you wanted to just sort of pick a team that you'd rather be on for 2018 you'd definitely rather be on the blue team. that's just not an ideological thing. that's the history joy talked about. >> good time to run. >> good time to run. but the economy's doing well. there's good reasons to think the economy could continue to do well. after the tax cut begins to kick in. companies are happy with the outcome that they got. so i think this tax cut, by the way, just to be clear, worst piece of domestic policy in our lifeti lifetime. >> which w