on in the hearing room, but so many people know donald trump s excesses who support him anyway that this is going to be really tough. bob, very quickly, i go back to the conversation i had with chairman jeffries. are you reaching out to republicans? any formal outreach to pull them over to the democratic side. he was coy about that. as they talk about what they are thinking in private, do you have any evidence that that is happening? have they given up on political maneuvering? they know it is going to be difficult to do so. when i talked to the democrats in the house about this and senate democrats, they say that their party faces a real challenge with the looming presidential election. because so many republicans one thing we can t learn from history is how an impeachment process plays out during a re-election battle in the 24/7 media age. those dynamics are making it hard tore win converts on