that has befallen them, mike flynn, et cetera, et cetera, paul manafort, rick gates. this is not quite the narrative of your book. if donald trump is putting his blessing on these candidates that are not going on to win and say the republicans don't win in a special election, do you think that's going to be a turning point for the republican party to start to change their strategy? >> i don't think this special will change the strategy. these guys are way locked in and the ones that secretly don't love trump, they are terrified of him tweeting or getting angry at them. the ones who do love trump, they'll ride in pony until it falls over dead. if there's a significant democratic sweep in november, there will be a lot of folks who make -- get to an understanding that the endorsement in the primary was great and incredibly helpful and desisive but in the