no surprise. >> not a surprise. >> not a surprise. but it doesn't mean that they won't in the future. and so what does it mean for this week? >> well, it means that you -- these will be more attacks on the impeachment process from the white house. but not an engagement with the facts of the president's behavior. this has been the approach from the white house and its republican allies from as soon as the ukraine story broke. and we're going to see more of that. and i just think, you know, it -- we need to focus on the fact that this -- what this means is, again, the president and -- and his allies will not address, you know, whether the president behaved improperly. they will simply say this is an unfair process. >> do they need to engage at some point? can they just sit out the entire process? can they just sit it out? >> absolutely. they've got the votes. i mean, that he have got the votes in the senate. that -- that -- i think they feel like the politics haven't really changed much.