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Work in a primary that's being run in august in which the conventional wisdom says only the most ideological zealous folks show up to vote? >> i agree, conventional wisdom says this wasn't the right thing to do. it took them 20 some years to do what they've done to the party, this wasn't an overnight occurrence, at some point you do need to do that, take that step to say, even if i'm not the one that takes it there, i go around the state, it's like a tornado something i'm familiar with has hit. people are coming out of the basement, there's a realization that i'm not alone, there is another pe...

November, depending on who wins next week, does this necessarily -- i mean, what it feels like is it makes sort of the republican primary seem like a very salacious place to be winning your way on to the ballot at this point. does it, in some ways, does it end up helping travis childress, no matter who wins on tuesday? >> probably a little bit. you know, conventional wisdom was always, if thad cochran wins a primary, he wins the general. if mcdaniel wins the primary, it's a fight. but mcdaniel's favorite. i think that still. does it in some ways does it end up helping travis childers no matter...

You know, conventional wisdom was always, if thad cochran wins a primary, he wins the general. if mcdaniel wins the primary, it's a fight. mcdaniel is favor. i think that still holds true. but i think it really gives a lot more for democrats and the national left to take a looking at mississippi and say, "you know what, we have got a harder map to defend the senate. do we want to spend a little money in mississippi." half a million dollars in mississippi goes a long way. we have cheap media markets compared to other states. i can see them getting involved to see if he can get a foothold. i sti...

Republicans think. a lot of republicans in the establishment wing of the party think would be good for a general election message. you know, the question is always whether that plays well when you're talking to voters in the primary. and for jeb, the question is going to be, you know, does he want to go through -- if he really believes in these core principles, does he want to go through the wringer of the primary and be faced with the criticism day after day. and be pushed by people in the party to make back off of those statements? >> joer it's interesting, to julie's point, conventional wis...

Wisdom and examine it with analysis and science. find out if the wisdom is correct. i don't think it is. i spoke to a u.s. senator in a purple state. he said year after year, he would take principle stands on this issue. he said it never cost him any votes. but in the wake of the newtown tragedy, he thinks taking prince. ed stands has netted him a positive society. in men sin, conventional wisdom can kill people if we're not making sure it's accurate and scrutinizing it. in this case, it could cause a miskarnl of democracy. >> you have democrats running in states where obama has a 37%, 38% app...