disqualified from the ballot, that's not the end of this saga. democracy will not die because some court decision. americans have all the power in the world at the ballot box next year. and i am so confident in the american voter, and i'm sure that will hold on to democracy past the next election. >> michael steele, do you share that confidence? >> i do, to a point. and the point is really around the idea of what donald trump is ultimately doing in this moment. he is steadily weakening the system from within. he is stressed testing it at every turn possible, with all of these, you know, appeals, last minute. out of the blue, around nothing. in some cases, say mainly knowing he probably won't whale --