senators. many of whom are returning the money. i think that, to me, the big challenge is going to be see if roy moore, judge roy moore in alabama. now you have franken from the other side of the aisle. we have to respond whether the alleged perpetrator is red or blue, right or left, democrat or republican. we ve got to have the same outrage when we hear these allegations, and we have to respond similarly. i think that franken will probably be able to truffle out and stay in the senate, but he was my favorite candidate or the one i thought most likely to mount a big risk campaign against donald trump in 2020. now franken bites the dust as a national candidate, although i think that he will maintain his seat in the senate after the epix committee gets through knocking him around. brian: speaking of senate epix, on the other side of the aisle, senator bob menendez his corruption trial ending in a mistrial, yet he stands