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Given the comp civilization the state. one thing helping heller is the gubernatorial race. waxruning to replace sandoval probably has big down ticket. the polling in this race is tight, tight, tight. we can say heller once considered a goner has fought his way back into this thing. >> dana: when you change one of your power rankings i imagine people in washington and in those states pay a lot of attention and so do the donors, that would be something to take a look at in this next filing on octo...

And get your take on a point i made earlier which is, nobody needs donald trump to do better than paul ryan and that has to chap his you know what. >> the down ticket needs him to be presidential. long ago when i worked for richard nixon, it took me six years of reading. a great column through "time" magazine. you have to demonstrate a temperament when was to stand silent and when to jut out your jaw. donald trump needs rally the republicans to him. he may want to set up project veritas. he may ...

But at the same time you need those donald trump supporters to back your candidates down ticket, the position that paul ryan is in. hes still endorsing donald trump. he has know revoked his endorsement of donald trump at this point. it shows the line hes trying to walk here. to criticize donald trump saying he wont defend him but still endorsing him. watch for him to try to clarify that point for the time time here at madison university. >> interesting to see how hard se get pressed by college r...

Givish e isus your takeaway. >> i think those are difficult place force trump. he has to run the table and then find another table. and he is not -- you know, he is not doing that. in a state like north carolina, you look at that, romney won that narrowly last time. and trump should be running away with north carolina. or at least winning. and hes not. pennsylvania, hillary, 9% lead. i mean, wisconsin, hillary up is 7%. michigan, hillary is up 11 points. if the election were held today. not real...

Publicly at a rally. now democrats are using that against him. but it really just shows that if the party runs away from donald trump, it will keep away a key bloc of voters they need in november. which is why it is so problematic down ticket as republicans try to keep control of congress. >> manu raju, thanks. coming up next, samsung stops production of a popular phone over fire worries. sureor put themhave ston a rack.e tires. but the specialists at ford like to show off their strengths: 13 na...

But it could -- the most obvious answer, probably the right one. its probably some bizarre malfunction. thats what it was. >> doesnt it remind you that show "lost" on abc? >> the plane. >> then you were found. >> bob, guess what? youre up next. what was your biggest story of 2014? >> well, it was the saddest story for me. but youve got to give it credit. the takeover of the united states senate by the republicans. if you look at the map prior to the elections in november then look at it afterwar...

Probably the right one and probably some bizarre malfunction thats what it was. >> doesnt it remind you still watch that show lost on abc. >> together. remember in the basement. >> not really. >> then you were found. bob, guess what you? are up next. what was your biggest story of 2014? >> well, it was the saddest story for me. but you have got to give it credit. the takeover of the united states senate by the republicans. if you look at the map prior to the elections in november and then look a...