what do you think? inflation as a factor. >> maybe not right now. might be playing on the margins in virginia. seems like the race in virginia is defined by school, critical race theory, mask mandates. when you talk to democrats privately and republicans are pushing this publicly, inflation is front and center. when you look at the latest lines out of the federal reserve, they're suggests this isn't transitory, could be with us for some time but an undeterminant timeline. the crucial question politically is whether or not this will affect the mid-terms. so will there be 4%, 5% inflations when voter goes to the polls in a year. overlaying all of this is the decision on who biden will appoint to the federal reserve. he just gave us a tease there. he said he will make an announcement fairly quickly. i'll let you tease that out on just how imminent a fed announcement might be, neil. >> neil: i'm throwing this out