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Governor was speaking about. it's not just the issues the democrats choose to focus on. they actually did a really good good job with candidate selection. they put the right candidates in the right district. they were appealing to their constitue constituency. when people question how there was a republican wave or how republicans -- i'm old enough to remember wr we're doing well in california, that's because they put good candidates in there. it goes beyond party labels in a lot of these states and because the president has made everything so divisive, people want to see things getting done. ...

Immigration issues when he made comments about haiti where her parents are immigrants from. but this is also important. candidate selection. we talked all throughout the night about democrats going out, getting candidates that could win in districts that maybe traditionally they would not. this district has toggled back and forth, but this was considered to be reliably republican to some degree. ben mcadams has won before that is a top tier candidate who has already won countywide. 97% reporting. 5,000 reports ahead. ben mcadams looks right on the verge as well. that's as much about the candid...

>> well, the we -- i'm not sure what we -- >> i'm talking about democrats and i'm asking you from your perspective, does it look like democrats have this down for the midterms? >> they should, but -- things just keep happening. i mean, whether it's elizabeth warren or other things and they the don't have a clear message. the one thing that they do have going for them was they did a lot of really good candidate selection for individual races. so in the swing seats, you see very good potential. just can based on the candidates that were chosen. >> but the look at the big picture, and let's face ...

Could say, who are skeptical of voting for a congressional republican. just don't care to and probably weren't going to show up in a midterm anyway. >> kevin, final thought to you. is there anything going on in ohio that you think is being underplayed or not highlighted or a trend that you think icritical here? >> i just think overall what drives people like me crazy who do campaigns for a living is when people say this such and such congressional district is a bellwether for what's going to happen in november. i think we're overstating it. yes, there are large problems for republicans on the ...

John if you heard jonathan's report there. you had camera issues. the point remains, if roy moore wants to recount this, wants to call for a recount, he has to pay for it himself. this is a pretty big hit for steve bannon and his wing of the republican party, correct? >> yeah. this is going to be over in alabama soon. the reverberations in washington and across the country will linger for quite a while. you've had this civil war going on in the republican party between this bannon populous, trump end wing, if you will, and moore establishment wing that sort of seen through the personification ...