republican nomination. >> eugene, we tease what the operatives are saying about odds. here's another quote. i hate to say this, but if you are not willing to go full retard in the republican primary right now, it's hard. the expectations are what they are. said the maga operative involved in the pennsylvania race. you covered the white house, but you also covered washington. you know what it is like here on capitol hill. how far off is that assessment from the republican operative about the republican party right now? >> i mean the republican party right now, you can see them as obstructionism. a party that doesn't focus so much on policy and actual bills and legislation. working just how they used to be. they are focused on the politics of contempt.