i think there is this question, okay, the republicans have nominated somebody who has the donald trump endorsement, someone who really wasn t polling that well, really wasn t someone who was appealing prior to the trump endorsement, really was flat lining. it s going to be tough for tim ryan and here is the reason why. essentially i took a look at history, this is not looking at polls, this is looking at history and this is the white house party in open seats when there is no incumbent running in senate midterms since 1982. the white house party has lost 32 of 35 times in states where the white house party underperformed the national vote share in the prior two presidential elections. ohio is definitely a state that fits that bill because, remember, donald trump won it both times. the democrats lost it both in 2016 and in 2020. so as we look forward to the general election, look, tim ryan is the best candidate the democrats can hope for but he s fighting an uphill battle given what w