house, i mean how much will their internal squabbling, their infighting matter in terms of actually getting anything done? does it matter if you have the majority if you're fighting amongst yourselves? >> i think we all are watching this in realtime. kevin mccarthy sounds like the freedom caucus is going to make his life hard from go. look at john boehner, our speaker john boehner and what he had to deal with. less so paul ryan. it seems as the margin shrinks the more you have to pay attention to every section of your conference. i mean i know laura's covered this as well it has been -- we're already seeing these challenges form, and they're not going to make his life any easier. that's for sure. they have no incentive to. >> no incentive at all. and clearly control of the senate is very important. and going into these races, though, a lot of people thought president biden was really a liability for the candidates, but how much credit does he deserve for the senate control?