and renegeuation under trump but swing states have declined. get this, there were 164 swing seats back in 1997. by 2017, it was down to 72. with seats skyrocketing for both parties and about to get worse. the decline in swing districts led to the decline in centrists lawmakers from both parties and that's a decline for the whole republic, not just the republican party and that's your reality check, michael? >> i said in bob dole eas's era way to stay in washington was to get something done. you under scored the point i made today because you need a clever christmas card and everything you said made sense to me with one addition, i'm sure it's a fundraising magnet as a result for him. >> 100%. troll play to the base, you don't have to ever worry about a competitive general election.