the mail boallot both point to newsom being in a commanding position. the arc of the impact of covid on this race is striking. as john king noted, the recall got on the ballot in the first place because of the backlash against the stringent covid measures that governor newsom took last year in the most conservative parts of the state. but over this summer as he has imposed a statewide mask mandate in schools, the mandate for health care workers, for educators, for state employees, and the issue has gone to the broader electorate, not just the narrow slice that was necessary to get it on the ballot, he's taken command of the race by emphasizing his support for those mandates and painting the republicans as a risk to them. that was the first point out of the president's mouth tonight when he came here. so in many ways, i think you're going to see this contrast echo beyond california. >> there isn't a case -- i don't