be the end of his presidency. >> but i do think, in the other world, the other world is democrats take control of one house of congress. and whatever that leads to, it doesn't lead to the thing i just described, right? so that's, that's a very black and white. the president recognizes that those are the stakes in the midterm, i think, in his moments of lucidity, he recognizes those are the stakes and that's why he's going to campaign the way he's going to campaign. for people who care about this, on either side, these midterms matter. people need to vote in a way they normally don't in midterms. >> i know a lot of strategists, democratic strategists say, the russia investigation doesn't always connect because there's no message, there's no -- mueller is silent. this op-ed from someone inside the republican ranks, highest levels of conservatism, working for donald trump, this seems like it has a potential to connect. >> i don't think it does. >> no. >> and this is my moments of democrats need to be very focused here. let me be a little bipartisan optimism. i agree with tim. i'm actually optimistic, because i think in 60 days, the country