can happen for you politically is the win. you know it very well because you wrote the book on him, george h. w. bush. the soviet union closed up shop december 25th, 1991. it should have been the highlight of the bush presidency. you talked about this before. the thing that motivated republicans over the course of generations was when the soviet union disbanded and allowed americans to vote for bill clinton who would never have been elected at the height of the cold car. the republicans got their second supreme court justice. i would be surprised if those who were gloating and winning and spiking the ball in the end zone are less inspired to go vote a month from now than the democrats who lost? >> well, i think defeat is ultimately more energizing than