presidency, but that should have been -- >> or was it the democratic coalition coming together, chris? >> well that is the other part to it. and i think the other part is that it is fracturing a lot of those voters that in some cases were disaffected democrats are now democrats, are now coming back. i also think what's happening nationally, there is increasing exhaustion with a president that doesn't seem to understand that he's president, or act presidential, and his erratic decisions. on top of it, you see this republican civil war that plays out, whether it's in alabama, or in the senate or in congress, and it's exhausting to voters, and i think it's pushing voters to the democratic side. i think the challenge for democrats is, not only to feed off that, if you will, negative energy on the republican side, but to really mobilize the positive energy amongst its coalition to say, we can actually lead in a better way. s and i think that is starting to come together. the question is, what happens over the next six to 12 months, a little less than, going into