congress were against kavanaugh. all the rallies, the energy was against kavanaugh. dr. ford, the energy over the last two weeks has been against kavanaugh. there haven't been that many calls for kavanaugh. it's been a challenge. i do think mitch mcconnell is right that some republicans have been energized by this. but i think what mitch mcconnell is also admitting, just to make this point, is before this, brett kavanaugh wasn't energizing republicans, wasn't energizing the base. and i think the real challenge is going forward, republicans now have the 5-4 majority. they won this victory. it's my experience in politics that the victors are not the people angriest into the election, it's the defeated. and the truth is, on this issue, we have not seen widespread protests in the country in favor of brett kavanaugh, even in the reddest parts of the country. we've only seen it in the -- we've only seen really