>> potentially. and there always is the risk of overplaying one's hand. in this case you have some real substantive meaty issues that congressional staffs are really well prepared and uniquely situated to dive into. democrats are already doing this type of opposition research or just vetting of some of these decisions. >> it doesn't need to be researchers in some cases. every avenue they've ever had to try and get trump's tax returns, for example. >> that's a great example. we have security clearances. we have hurricane maria response. i mean, there are so many things that fit more into the traditional play book of what you would see an opposition party going after a president for. we kind of forget about those types of things because we're so focused on the scandal of the moment in the trump presidency, which are -- >> you haven't even mentioned scott pruitt. >> right, many cases like quite sensati sensational. scott pruitt is a good example. a type of scandal like that would hamstring and maybe even