or without nancy pelosi. brian: you seem to be right when it comes to momentum. the generic poll had the democrat's lead shrink to 3 yesterday. i was surprised by that comaft, the big picture, what is the additional fallout? some say after this they pull the plug, a lot of other republicans retire. do you foresee that? >> first of all, it's okay for politicians who don't feel the energy to run again to quit. i would rather them quit than run a half hearted race there are a lot of republicans who are resigning. i'm okay with bringing in fresh legs into the political scene and the third point is that if this is a referendum on donald trump, it will be a referendum on the trump economy. why do you see those generic ballot numbers, brian, getting better for the republicans? it's because people feel secure. they feel more economic security and feel like president trump is projecting strength overseas, whether it's syria or whether it's china or whether it's russia. that's what this race will come down to. brian: i have news for you. kevin mccarthy coming up.