you know? >> you know what, another journalist i talked to earlier today said a lot of people are actually are feeling hope because they voted for donald trump. so it depends on the glass you wear. >> exactly. and the thing is, if they had all of this hope, they would have probably voted for hillary clinton to continue what president obama started. and i think that that's probably the disconnect and the frustration that some democrats up on capitol hill that i've talked to have. that hillary clinton just isn't barack obama. and barack obama was his own kind of entity among democrats. he has his own popularity. in fact, he talked about this in the -- the press conference yesterday, saying that, you know, i wish that my popularity had transferred to hillary clinton. but, you know, i wasn't just appealing to latte-drinking liberals, essentially. and the thing is, some democrats wish he did more to involve the democratic party. he did bring in a lot of money, but for his own brand. kind of like the trump brand. he's not really a republican of