sides. so, bannon left this hanging out there for five days. didn't backtrack from what he was saying, no apology. he comes around pretty late. i don't think it's being received warmly in the west wing. i will say that, you know, if bannon had never apologized, his prospects as a political influencer were pretty slim, right? i mean, he's tied to trump now in a way that, without trump, he's kind of a nonentity. >> and rick tyler, in the midterm elections, without rebecca mercer, without the mercer money funding some kind of challenges against incumbents, the big winner is mitch mcconnell and incumbents with bannon on the outs. >> i agree. i disagree a little with dave, yes, being attached to trump gives you the in, but if he had breitbart and the money, because we can put a lot of money into different elections and have a huge influence. but without that money, how will you have any influence?