that's a day if the life of public official. he wasn't fazed by that. the restaurant thing, that ted cruz doesn't care about that. he doesn't take off his senator hat when he has dinner with his wife. i think reasonable people look at that and said would i want to be in that restaurant with the people? it's uncomfortable to see. when mitch mcconnell is talking about this backfiring he's talking about the kavanaugh hearings. 20 million people seeing protestor being hauled out. interrupting a hearing people wanted to watch. that's where he feels they are success. those hearings and the protestors interrupting over and over again. that did have a galvanizing effect on the base. >> do you think the public confrontations play into the president's hands? >> i'm not a political