 in the midst of all this. He sent a letter to lawmakers defending his position, acknowledging that the debate night was not his best night. And that seemed to have been at least effective on the margins. It seemed to at least stem the flow. We did not see a flood of lawmakers coming out and calling for Biden to step aside. We continue to hear very real concerns. And we've seen Senate Democrats in particular kind of walk up to that line saying that they need Biden to really prove to