assessment. that, you know, women in general have been overlooked. they've been pushed aside. historic number of women candidates running for office this cycle. the thematics are all the same. if you look at cavanaugh's polling numbers, historically unpopular supreme court nominee. this would add an agitation to the mix that would be problematic for republicans. the trick is if he were to withdraw, for instance. there's no talk of it as i'm picking up in my reporting. it would depress the republican base. they're in this bind where they have to stick with this guy a little bit politically, even though there are complications for obvious reasons. >> unless they could always a rouse the base by saying now, look if you don't vote, the democrats could take over the senate. i mean, republicans tend to react more to a supreme court nomination issue than democrats have in the past. >> there's no one single issue that is firing up this coming blue wave. there's a certain sub group