having me on. i really appreciate it. and before i respond i just want to say i'm here in philadelphia, as you know, and i'm thinking about the officers and the community that was affected by the shooting that happened not far from where i live. so i just wanted to mention that. but to echo todd's point, i also spoke to beto's campaign and i'm told that he is 100% not running for senate, period, because he thinks that he is the best candidate in this 2020 field to win texas and also that frankly if president trump is able to win texas again next year by nine points then a democrat is not going to be able to beat john cornyn in that environment. sew feels that he is really the best candidates to take texas for the democrats and the nomination and then to win in november. the september and october qualifications for the next set of debates require the candidate to not only meet a fund-raising threshold but also a polling threshold, as you know. so some of these candidates may