al cardenas, this is why the ryan retirement was seen as sort of another piece of evidence, another shoe to drop. i know that wasn t his intention. is that the way you read it? you know, you look at the generic number 7% is not all that much. most of us believe you have to get into double digits for the generics to make a lot of sense in terms of a land slide. but when you start looking at the specifics, which are, you know, turnout and independents, then it starts the case starts to get a little overwhelming. that was the empirical proof in front of us. i want to talk about trumpism versus ryanism. republican officials are afraid to take on trump because their base still likes the guy. the base still likes the guy, in part, because so few elected republicans take him on. this is the harsh reality for movement conservatives. this was sort of, mark leiebovih