the republican party behind president trump because of what happened to kavanaugh not the only reason, but i do think that the kavanaugh effect was going to have a lasting impact is because if you look at that late august situation, then it goes into late september when the second testimony is heard, he is confirmed by my first saturday of october. i think it does have a lot of a fact. i don t think it will be the final straw for anybody but i do think it d have a motivating effect for republicans across the country. shannon: a lot of them, chris, told us it was one of the best things that happened because it brought them together in a way that was not happening organically at that point. but it did as it brought together the two warring tribesn party. it was on a very important issue for conservatives, may be the most important issue for conservatives, the supreme cour supreme court. then, fortunately for republicans, it was also litigated in a culture war. it was done about me