favoring republicans that favored democrats last time. those are two key indicators we look at midterm cycle. 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, you look at all of the recent elections, we've seen gaps like this in the polling leading up to those. and those gaps have translated we've seen in recent midterms results for a party that had the advantage on enthusiasm. early on here, in 2022, those are the numbers republicans like to look at and democrats get nervous. >> we'll see what happens, steve kornacki thank you very much. turning to a pennsylvania mom. rebecca's baby was 13 weeks early 2 pounds 1.9 ounces baby eden was immediately taken to the nicu, and if having a premature baby was not stressful enough, mom rebecca had to make the frankly impossible decision to go back to work just 12 days later.