vote for him. there is a difference there. still have a year to go. if they did that, there are some people making the argument, let's just go ahead and lose them. if we lose the election, let's at least keep the senate and house and let's focus on 2020. that's already -- >> can the gop afford to do that? >> the secret here is trump isn't actually winning what people think of as the republican base. he's winning some but a big chunk of the vote is self-described moderate and liberal republicans, which doesn't mean that they are liberal necessarily in the way that, you know, maybe people that read "the new york times" understand the term but they are often working class and disaffected white men in the midwest and northeast, voters some of whom stayed home in 2012 rather than vote for mitt romney and not a conkntitconconsit --