to be wrong overall about what might happen, you're just wrong tonight. that's the kind of -- >> that's good, though. >> well-played. >> but here's why. you look at the stage tonight, begala, you're the new one on the team here. you see one reality. biden finally came to play. >> yes. >> in a way where he was literally one-on-two at points tonight with the people who we thought were going to make mincemeat out of him. good for him. tonight, he seems to be justifying the lead. but what happens when you get into the primaries, if he drops one or both of iowa and new hampshire, which is not unlikely? >> that's what we don't know. joe's run twice before, didn't do very well. the fear is, does he have a glass jaw? it's easy when you are in first. for the democrats, we hate front-runners. he's taken shots. >> he has. >> i don't have a favorite in this race, but a lot of democrats have been really concerned. can joe take the fight to trump? tonight, he took the fight to both bernie and elizabeth, who