fails. now they turn to tax reform. what you think this says about the president's base? speak of the base in alabama i think will behave in a way that a lot of people would not suspect, people say that from space always listens to what he recommends, i don't think they will listen to what he recommends. i think they're going to go with a guy who is like trump as opposed to the guy from blakes. i think it will go with three more. i think he's going to win and people like the sound of what he's doing an end what he sayin saying. i think this will be a good lesson, people know what they want and they have a sense about the political stakes in this and they like roy moore and they don't like strange, who they think is part of the establishment. i'm still puzzled, maybe julie or steve can answer it what the president is supporting luther strange. >> bret: julie, give it a shot. >> he got a lot of pressure from the republican establishment, from mitch mcconnell, other senators who basically said we need you, you are the leader of