joining us now, wendy schiller of grant university. something that has come up again and again, the republicans are very diverse as a party, just like the democratic party. senator holly is nothing like senator romney -- senator hawley is nothing like senator romney. but when they all need to be on the same message, they are. why do the democrats struggle with that? why can't they take the win over the weekend and run with it? wendy: one is the democratic party is more diverse. they represent a more diverse set of constituents, from suburban women, for example, who voted for the democratic party recently, to working-class people, some world. so it is truly hard when you're representing a lot of different kinds of people. that is one problem. the second problem is they want the federal government to do a lot of things. they believe in small, limited federal government and the republican party. they can obstruct and it is a much simpler message. i think there's no question the independents are feeling much more comfortable with republica