that basically no matter what happens in north carolina, republicans will be in control of the legislature because of gerrymandering. >> and this is not that dissimilar from the wisconsin map that was also tested, right, which a federal court said was fine in which you've got these crazy situations in a statewide election in which democrats get 5, 56% of the vote don't get a majority in the state assembly. >> the federal courts in wisconsin didn't say it was fine. they said it was unconstitutional. the supreme court said it was fine. and i think what it underscore is the fact that in north carolina you have a better state court system where democrats and liberals have actually made gains. in wisconsin, republicans have taken over the local courts. so i think this underscores to me the need for the democrats and for progressives to pay more attention to the states and to pay more attention to state legislative races and to pay more attention to state courts which we never talk about absent a decision like this. >> all right. so now you have this race -- this is distinctly related in some ways. you covered this great voting