before the shutdown, they can't win anymore. have we reached the point where for the republicans, the biggest threat is the primary -- >> nothing is impossible to overcome, steve, if you remember my election in 1996, my opponent who was the incumbent at the time, had so much money, he had more money than carter had liver pills in the '96 election. but you want to know something, when you continue to fight for what you believe in, be you a democrat or republican, you work hard at it. what happened in this election as we look forward to 2014 is they're relying on a right wing take-over of the federal government. that is not going to happen. what boehner has allowed to happen, and beginning in 2011, was for the right wing of this party to start calling the shots. to deep them in line, to protect his own leadership. i like john boehner. i happen to think that he is a good american and wants the