the narrative that's being put out, especially -- mainly from conservative media? >> well, look, i mean when you work in politics, you acknowledge there's lots of different narratives out there. you know, that's how a guy like bill clinton is in third place in may of the year that he gets elected president. that's how george bush is at, what, 90% popularity and loses nine months later. people are constantly dealing with different pressures in their lives. i think the overall tone of this country is being set more by covid than anything else. i mean, we all thought that we were headed toward the exit door of this. we were going to look at it in our rearview mirror, and now it's back and -- >> stuart, let me just say -- >> personally, i know lots of people that have covid now where i didn't before. it's depressing. >> it is, but here's the issue. you have covid, and it keeps replicating, which causes the mutation and whatever, in large part because of the unvaccinated