ase sense of coordination. let me jump to ax, david axelrod. as kaitlan points out, the concern was he's going to come here looking weak because he couldn't get it at home. now could there be an advantage? might that kind of juice his dynamic with his own party back at home, ax? >> maybe so. i think it's more the other way around. i was really struck by a quote in the paper this morning by the rasmussen, the former prime minister of denmark who was the leader of nato in the past who said we're all watching virginia. we're all watching virginia for clues as to what's going to happen in the u.s. because there's doubts about -- biden came back and now people are wondering how long he be here?