done in washington and the idea that it has to do with relationships and with closed doors and understandings of, you know, these and it s not clear to me that our contemporary manifestations of american politics look like that. part of part of my concern is i think we have to keep thinking about the fact that everyone is already thinking towards the next election cycle. republicans know that they are benefited from a smaller electorate in mid term elections and that they are highly likely to not be as punished at the ballot box as they might otherwise be, even if they hold out. and joe biden is running for president. and that s that s true, right? why else would he be buying a watch and apple pie and fire logs? that s what happens when vice presidents are in the second term of an administration. and so i think we just have to be careful about an assumption this is primarily about washington hill relationships but there tends to be the supreme focus on the outside persona