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And was unapologetic about controversial comments and unpredictable on a national debate stage. sound familiar? >> martha: it does. thank you very much. youre not exclusively, don don blankenship. a candidate for the u.s. senate of former massey energy sun dont let company ceo. its good to see you here tonight again. good news, if its true that you might have picked up as much as eight points in the balls last night and with their data, but you hear what is coming at you from the weekly standard...

Situation. quite honestly i think if mitch mcconnell had stayed out of this race we would have ended up with mel brooks as the nominee and he would have won that easily. >> mel brooks the congressman from northern alabama who came in third in the primary. >> right. but i mean, also you have to remember that were it not for the tea party movement, we wouldnt have ted cruz and marcomarco rubio and some of these other senators. so while they want to think that mitch mcconnell has all the answers, t...

This is our war. [ applause ] and you all didnt start it. the establishment started it. >> so how do you see this fight between bannon and the establishment gop playing out? >> uh, i dont see any ceasefire. i think this is going to be a fire fight and burn the party down to the foundation. you know, if roy moore is the opening bid for the bannon candidates, its not a good sign. reminds me a lot of todd aiken and sharon angle who viewers may remember were similar candidates, fringe candidates tha...

Opening bid for the bannon slate of candidates, its not a good sign. reminds me a lot of todd aiken and sharon angle who viewers may remember were similar candidates, fringe candidates that were similarly supported in a fashion like this and then lost badly in the general election. so, i think we have a situation in alabama now where something may happen or is likely to happen that nobody thought possible which is a democrat may win the senate seat. >> can you imagine that? going from red to blu...

Make policy and losers go home. thats my approach. thats the way you keep a governing majority. >> dana: jesse, i imagine mitch mcconnell spent a lot of time at lunch explaining his position. >> jesse: im not a big fan of mitch mcconnell but i thought that statement was dead on. winners are in the senate and losers go home. what he rattle off when he talked about the losing candidates the republicans nominated? sharon angle, todd aiken. odonnell. they are flamethrowers and they burst on the scen...

Challengers about senate republicans. you saw mitch mcconnell go out and defend himself and defend senate republicans saying that, you know, the people that steve bannon wants to prop up and the people that some of these more fringe groups want to put on the ballot, these folks cant get elected. so mcconnell made this case that we saw sharon angle-type candidates before, they were too far right wing to get elected. so he was trying to make the case that the candidates they have now are the best ...

>> look, the goal here is to win elections in november. back in 2010 and 2012, we nominated several candidates, christine odonnell, sharon angle, theyre not in the senate. the reason for that is they were not able to appeal to a broader electorate in the general election. my goal as the leader of the republican party in the senate is to keep us in the majority. the way you do that is not complicated. you have to nominate people who can actually win, because winners make policy and losers go home...

Angle, todd akin. richard murdock. they are not in this tenet. the reason for that was they were not able to appeal to a broader electorate in the general election. you have to nominate people who can actually win because winners make policy and losers go home. >> bret: speaking of policy, we have a budget likely being voted on this week. that sets the table for tax reform. maybe this year, maybe not. stephen hayes, editor-in-chief of "the weekly standard." mara liasson, national public radio. a...

They consider that that might actually lead to democratic wins in the house and the senate? >> i dont think they really care. for them its all about -- >> can we stop you for a second, ken? heres the part. why would they not care? why would it not be at least important to them to prevent the democrats from taking over a senate seat or house seat? >> because theyre toward the establishment writ large and they are conservatives so theyre sort of most directly able to take on the republican establi...

They consider that that might actually lead to democratic wins in the house and the senate? >> i dont think they really care. for them its all about -- >> can we stop you for a second, ken? heres the part. why would they not care? why would it not be at least important to them to prevent the democrats from taking over a senate seat or house seat? >> because theyre toward the establishment writ large and they are conservatives so theyre sort of most directly able to take on the republican establi...