i mean, the filibuster has to be modified or it has to be done away with. it's an arcane senate procedure and again, those democratic senators are going to have to decide what is more important to you? the preservation of this arcane senate procedure? or ensuring that our democracy works in the way that it is intended? um, people need to understand, this is not a partisan fight that we are engaged in. it's not some petty partisan fight. we are talking about the future of democracy. when you couple gerrymandering with voter suppression and the subversion of our electoral infrastructure, which is going on throughout the country under the auspices of republican governors and legislatures. the future of our democracy is at stake. now, i am not being alarmist. i am not being hyperbolic. this is simply a fact. >> i mean, it's an interesting argument that you and president obama are making, which is that gerrymandering -- it encourages extremism. i mean, we all look at extreme candidates, you know, on both sides of the aisle. and -- and think, gosh, well, how did this -- how did this