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Only had about $150,000 against $2.5 million in eric cantor's coffers. there's other issues. the overall anti-establishment feel here that washington isn't working. there was the nsa issue that brat used in this campaign to say what nsa is doing on some level is a violation of fourth amendment. there were a whole host of issues beyond immigration reform but clearly that fired everybody up in the final days and i'll just say this. i think, sean, there's a real question here whether house majority leader cantor is going to stay on. as you know, that job is about influencing members and influenci...

Listening to him lay out his platform is pretty instructive for people who maybe didn't follow this campaign. it wasn't just immigration reform but he did use that issue towards the end to really hit eric cantor hard on a number of different talk shows including as we talked about laura ingrahm and mark levin, glenn beck and used that effectively because he only had about $150,000 against $2.5 million in eric cantor's coffers. there's other issues. the overall anti-establishment feel here that washington isn't working. there was the nsa issue that brat used in this campaign to say what nsa is ...

Graham. lindsey graham had six opponents who were fighting with each other. they couldn't get behind a single cane. if he had a guy like brat or mcdaniels or somebody else he would have had a tougher night. mississippi, a republican who has been there forever, thad cochran and there's no reason to back cochran. his days are over. everybody knows it. he was beaten in the republican primary by mcdaniels. what's happening? haley barber and these other lobbyists are going after him. look that. the republican party leadership better look up. people want a new republican party with fresh faces, vigo...

He got 59%. folks keep bringing up lindsey graham. lindsey graham had six opponents who were fighting with each other. they couldn't get behind a single cane. if he had a guy like brat or mcdaniels or somebody else he would have had a tougher night. mississippi, a republican who has been there forever, thad cochran and there's no reason to back cochran. his days are over. everybody knows it. he was beaten in the republican primary by mcdaniels. what's happening? haley barber and these other lobbyists are going after him. look that. the republican party leadership better look up. people want a ...

Are created i have been labeling the g.o.p. in washington, timid and afraid to outline an agenda like these governors are doing. am i right or wrong here? >> i think you're right. also, unable to connect with the middle class if you look at what brat was saying he wasn't making the case against amnesty, his point is look. you import immigrants, you've got a labor shortage. we have persistent high unemployment. this will depress wages for middle class workers. making that case connects with the group of voters that are really hurting in the recession. the guy spent $250,000 to cantor's $5 milli...