and they went democratic for doug jones. following up on that, he's going to get absolutely mauled politically. republicans are -- again, we're talking about this ascendant coalition. now you add white educated voters to that. millennials of all races, and she was talking about a poll from the past week. he's even lost a great deal of support from white noncollege voters. he's bleeding support in every single area, and if it's bad for him, it's even worse for republicans who stand meekly behind him. >> joe, i hope you're right for all the obvious reasons. i want to throw out a hypothe s hypothesis. i touched on it before the break. i want to go back to alabama.