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Many of the states. and this is important in states like arizona and nevada where you do have senate republicans who are in really tough races, right? and the idea that you're going to challenge sitting incumbents and drive the party further to the right in states where, quite frankly, they're not alabama, right? they're not mississippi. you have states in the midwest and you have states on the coast where you do have republican incumbents who have threaded a needle and they're sort of conservative, but thai been able to hold moderate independent voters. that far right wing that bannon is talk...

Or yesterday showing where president trump's numbers are dropping by double digits in many of the states. and this is important in states like arizona and nevada where you do have senate republicans who are in really tough races, right? and the idea that you're going to challenge sitting incumbents and drive the party further to the right in states where, quite frankly, they're not alabama, right? they're not mississippi. you have states in the midwest and you have states on the coast where you do have republican incumbents who have threaded a needle and they're sort of conservative, but they'...

You do have senate republicans who are in really tough races, right? and the idea that you're going to challenge sitting incumbents and drive the party further to the right in states where, quite frankly, they're not alabama, right? they're not mississippi. you have states in the midwest and you have states on the coast where you do have republican incumbents who have threaded a needle and they're sort of conservative, but thai been able to hold moderate independent voters. that far right wing that bannon is talking about, i don't see how they hold onto independents. when you look at where don...

The republican party is. i think jones has a shot in the senate. i hope the democrats in washington understand that. >> to this larger point, there have been months and months of conventional wisdom. across the media. there are these really passionate base republicans and they love donald trump so you have to factor that into everything you do. they didn't love him enough to go with his chosen candidate. >> maybe that anger and that energy has overlambed with trump rather than fully powered him. if people understand that, that becomes the takeaway, then last night was really bad for donald tru...

Mid-term for them but donald trump is certainly helping democrats when he goes out and attacks republicans and further drives down enthusiasm among base republicans. >> i wonder sometimes if what donald trump is doing may help him in 2020 but at his own party's expense in 2018. we have to leave it there. we're hard up against a break here bust thank you both for being with us. up next is trump fixated on president obama? it appears we have a lot more evidence of that today. it's time to rethink what's possible. rethink the experience. rethink your allergy pills. flonase sensimist allergy relie...