media tried to make this national on trump. we had so many -- so much press in the district. also tons of money as chris mentioned coming in, trying to nationalize this race, even in an ugly sense, using the shooting of steve scalise in the race. same lesson for democrats. stay local. don't overinterpret, don't overanalyze to the results last night. >> david, you had a fascinating take on this. you make the case, your assessment is it was forget trump, this was about nancy pelosi. what's the message for democrats here? >> right. what republican strategists have discovered in their focus groups pelosi. republicans don't like that's not a shock. that's understandable. but the point here is -- in the story that i posted for the examiner last night, the point here is is that pelosi is a motivating factor for republican voters. they were able to use it to