feels like voters, this time around, her disconnected. they've accepted whatever happens button -- right now, 2022, this is an important midterm election for the future of democracy. -- >> i think that's right. i>> if there was an obvious democratic ultimate of to biden, who was hugely popular, that would be one thing. the fact is, there isn't. for instance, bill clinton has told me and many others that the candidate of the republicans that he was worried about after losing the midterms in 1994 was colin powell. he was worried that powell would be nominated by republicans a centrist. hugely popular at the time. military background and clinton thought that because of his own weaknesses, he would have a very hard time defeating powell. imagine that colin powell in today's republican party, how left would be different. >> last question for you,