decision and realize he could have had a bigger stake in u.s. history had he stayed on ways and means and not gone to this upstart venture. one of the reasons might be that they are redistricting in california and they might have made his district, which is a pretty strong republican district into a more competitive one but they haven t made any final plans out there. so how much do you think that was a factor? i m not one of the people lamenting or sourful that nunes is leaving the congress. i didn t hear any, for the record. it shows you the bizarre world we live in. i m sure it s the bizarre world that we live in where going off and running a start-up media company is more important than being the most powerful tax writer and trade negotiator in congress. and so i think what we re seeing is on behalf of the republicans, they just the republicans in congress, the elected leadership seem to be afraid of the population they re supposed to be governing. they re afraid of don