scandal. it s one of the checks that dissquads elected officials from doing the wrong thing and it s part, the shock of what causes other politicians to react or forces the public to grapple with what we are watching. if that goes away, this comes and goes, and is not much of a response from the political system. as you said, it answer becomes a fundraising opportunity for the politician who is implicated. tell me more about that. you mention an example from 1974 when three top republicans told nixon that they want stand with him if articles of impeachment reached the senate. you point out this was a political calculation because of mounting public outrage. but is there mounting public outrage with trump? within his base he enjoys frontrunner status and most of the challengers have been slow to criticize. well, with watergate, there was the shock value. by the summer of 1974, many