 IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE RISE OF WHITE SUPREMACY BROADLY IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THAT HAS COMPELLED HIM TO STAY IN DESPITE ALL OF THESE MOUNTING CONCERNS ABOUT HIS AGE AND HIS POLITICAL ABILITY. HE BELIEVED UNTIL THE 11th HOUR THAT HE'D BEAT TRUMP ONCE, HE COULD BEAT TRUMP AGAIN, BUT HE KNEW ALSO THAT AS A LONGTIME POLITICAL OPERATOR, SOMEONE WHO HAS MORE OF A POLITICAL ANTENNA THAN ALMOST ANYONE I'VE EVER COVERED, THAT HE WAS LOSING SUPPORT FAST FROM DEMOCRATS. HE LOST DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE LONG SUPPORTED HIM.