new laws as well. greg, really quickly, do you think, with the law in place, that president biden and the two democratic senators, warnock and ossoff, would have prevailed? oh, that s a really good question. we definitely saw a sharp dropoff in ballot drop box usage in the municipal elections from last year because it limits the use of those so that alone would have significantly affected democratic turnout because democrats were the vast recipients, the vast users of those ballot drop boxes, so it s hard to say precisely but certainly would have affect overall turnout. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the whole ball game for the republican party. we ll watch this space. nick, greg, cliff, thank you so much for starting us off this hour. great to see all of you. when we come back, a dire warning from our closest ally about the perilous state of