they're spending a ton. also interesting that the attacks on immigration, unemployment is low, the republican tax cut they say is a success, but they're trying to drive out base turnout by putting immigration front and center. >> because it wasn't working. if you look at the early ads, it was about the economy. apparently it wasn't resonating with people. they're also message testing. they're looking at the rest of the map and seeing if this immigration play will work because they just kind of using him as candidate tofu and seeing -- if you put him in that -- i don't know where to go with that metaphor. >> i like it. another issue, we know the president is an issue, especially in the suburbs, where particularly suburban women say we don't like this president. the republicans have tried to make nancy pelosi an issue, saying if the democrats keep winning, the democrats will control the house and you'll get nancy pelosi. >> o'connor admits that after months of trying to hide it, he'd support pelosi for speaker, and with liberal nancy pelosi,