and this is part of a strategy of attacking cavanaugh, obviously. the media have been relentless in backing ford and her claims with rapid response outrage if anyone dared to challenge her fax or insist on careful due process. meanwhile, kavanaugh has been vilified successfully as a rich, drunken, lying gang. if all that were true, that seems to work politically for the democrats and what s the downside do you think for them? we are seeing it in the polls and the fantastic recap that we just heard. certainly the republican base is getting riled up and rightfully so. we are also seeing independence. if you break down any of these polls, all lot of that movement especially in the generic poll is independence. they are either splitting more towards a republicans or notably morse towards the republicans and we are seeing that across all age groups.