thing. there really does seem to be a split now in the republican party. what are the implications of that? >> john, i think that to be clear, i do think that what the current president is doing is more important than the former president. but there absolutely, at least in this regard, there absolutely is a divide within the party about how to handle putin, and you see it in the commentary you just described. one thing to have a television host like tucker carlson saying what he's been saying and it's entirely something different to have the recent former president who is an old show leading if he wants to be the republican nominee again, so i put that in a different category, but it is striking that i think republicans -- and this has been going on predating trump, where there has been an effort among some republicans to suggest putin is not that bad, and it's not as if there has been complete consistency among democrats on this as well, before the trump era and before the hackings in 2016. but i do think that you have