gingrich because we ran against the extreme partisanship. today, everybody seems extremely partisan. the democrats were cruising in, they now look just as partisan as the republicans. neil: but i'm looking at it in the presidential context mark and very very closely that's where i think it could give an edge to someone whose far far far left. >> well that's because of the caucuses that really should be eliminated in favor of primaries , that give activists such an edge. i think the democratic primary candidates have been playing into this, and i think they are also going to be in for a rude shock when they get through the rest of the primaries after iowa , that there are a lot more moderate democratic voters out there than they think. neil: we'll see if this california is upfront in that primary process. mark, always good seeing you thank you for taking the time. >> thank you. neil: all right, on the whole collusion issue and russia investigation, it's always been sort of a rule of thumb here that this, the democrats liked. that fbi they liked.