have a bad november. >> you're saying the only choice they have is to run as if it's going to come down, because if it doesn't come down, they're in trouble? >> exactly. go out, act like a winner, act like you know what you're doing, act like uit's going to work. you've got to act like you know what you're doing. and you go from there. but you have to exude confidence. >> what about covid? is it the same thing with covid? >> covid is dropping. i mean, like anybody else, i track the numbers every day. it's like this huge drop here in the last few weeks, and i'm not a public health person, but the public health people think this is going to continue. it's a drag, we thought we were doing better in december and that has had an effect on a lot