doomsday for republicans. >> right. >> i'm fascinated by what's happening into these suburbs, what is happening there that these folks are retiring, that we've seen a few of those seats flipped? when, you know, romney's winning a district by 22 points that beto wins by three. >> well, the fact is the last election cycle, 2018, the real story of that cycle was the degree to which the suburbs which had not been open to voting for democrats became much more open to democrats if not bear hugging democrats. pete olson's area. >> he's one of the retirements, obviously. >> one of the retirements. williamson county, north of austin. colin county, denton county, up around dallas. these are communities that really did put the scare into republicans, in some cases they defeated republican state lawmakers. it's in these very places that the members of congress are wondering if they should return themselves to the private sector. that suburban trend is about two things. it's about demographics but it's also about the affordability of the big cities, and i believe big city voters being pushed out