reporter. joining us is david axelrod. dave, great to see you, david. >> nice to see you. >> how do you interpret the president weighing in in that way, great win in montana? >> i mean, it's not terribly surprising. you know, he loves winning and i don't think he cares very much about the manhandling of a reporter. and he understood that if the gop had lost this seat, which they have held for 20 years and in a direct he had won by more than 20 points, there would have been an earthquake in washington and in the cloak room of the republican caucuses in the house and senate. so they dodged a bullet in this race. they won. they won by a much narrowier margin than a republican probably should in that district, but a win is a win and democrats have to contemplate that as well because, you know, close only is good in