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I know him personally, so i think he can do a good job. i think he made a mistake in not holding his cool. >> joining the conversation, editor for bloomberg business week, megan murphy, correspondent steve kornacki and "new york times" political reporter and msnbc political contributor megan montessori. how much of this is just chickens coming home to roost? was this something that was inevitable considering the current climate in this country? >> i don't think it was inevitable. i think when you look at this, he needs to isolate the behavior of one man, greg gianforte, and allegedly body slam...

Wasn't expecting to be body slammed. >> did gianforte's aides or himself say anything to you after that? >> no. they asked me to leave between the police and the paramedics. i was not quite paying attention to anything else. >> reporter: and craig, as you know, as anyone who has covered capitol hill knows or anyone who has watched coverage on capitol hill tv knows, reporters getting in the face with politicians asking questions is pretty much par for the course. we'll know in a few hours, or maybe tonight depending on how the counting goes, whether greg gianforte will have that opportunity, st...

To win for you, and i tell you what, the people of montana are going to be happy. >> it would seem to me that republicans are now put in sort of a lose-lose. the guy loses the race tonight, then all of a sudden they've lost ryan zinke's old seat to democrats. but if he wins, this is a story that's not going away. >> i don't know, craig. it could also be a win-win for them. if gianforte loses tonight, they can blame it on his strange outburst and attack on a reporter, and if he loses, they can say, gosh, this guy can still win in this state after punching a reporter. it shows that the rising an...

A way when gianforte was in danger because donald trump wanting a check, something like that. that was on the line before last night, then you add this in. you still have people voting today. if it changes how they vote, if it was a close vote before this, it could swing the vote. but early voting a huge, huge variable in this thing. >> a special election on a thursday before a holiday. it would seem to a lot of folks that they don't necessarily want a lot of people voting there in montana, steve. >> i tell you, though, this is a pretty high turnout special election. to have 260,000 votes alre...

I think greg should apologize, i think it's warranted and let the people of montana decide what happens tonight. >> that was montana senator steve deines there speaking with our reporter a short time ago. that coming on the heels of greg gianforte allegedly body slamming a reporter. his campaign blaming the confrontation on an aggressive reporter, also blaming it on the liberal media as well. it's a formal line of attack because it's often been used by then-candidate and now president donald trump. >> the press is very, very dishonest, and i think people are wise to the press. >> in my opinion...