but, you know, i have been thinking a lot about 2016. i do think it has created a measure of conservatism, small c, in the folks canalyzing what happened. because a lot of us who did cover that race and obviously saw the unexpected are more cautious now. if you look at the race by race polling in the house, guys, there are so many warning signing and red flags for republican candidates. look at some of their pundits, where they are in polling, some of these open seats are obviously tilting democrat. i wonder if we re being gun shy now about what s going to happen in the house because of what happened in 2016 when it is very clear where the signs are pointing in the house. that s interesting. it s clear the signs are pointing that way. let me speak up for being gun shy. we really don t know yet whether these republican house candidates and to an extent senate candidates will be able