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Joining me now to discuss why blankenship and similar candidates resonate with the gop base former reagan official official linda chavez. mona chairen, and liam wolfe, manager of the conservative website the blaze. leon, how is blankenship in the running? >> well, i think that what a lot of republican voters have learned or at least decided for themselves is they kind of want to get the same high and positive feeling they get out of rooting for a sports team that wins. they really like just the feeling of winning more than they like principles. and i think rightly or wrongly a lot of republica...
The perversity there, the sort of luxuriating in the perversity that really is what it seems to me is happening with moore and with blankenship and with trump does seem distinct. it does seem that's a symmetrical phenomenon in american life right now. >> i agree. you have people like joe arpaio in arizona. vice president -- >> or kelly ward. >> kelly ward in arizona. same thing. >> leon, can you explain to me, i understand that party leadership is often not very popular with the faithful. but it was interesting to me that blankenship chose mitch mcconnell, basically, he's like here's who i'm g...
With blankenship and with trump does seem distinct. it does seem that's a symmetrical phenomenon in american life right now. >> i agree. you have people like joe arpaio in arizona. vice president -- >> or kelly ward. >> kelly ward in arizona. same thing. >> leon, can you explain to me, i understand that party leadership is often not very popular with the faithful. but it was interesting to me that blankenship chose mitch mcconnell, basically, he's like here's who i'm going to run against. i'm not going to run against my opponents. i'm just going to run against mitch mcconnell. and it was a som...
Mona chairen, and liam wolfe, manager of the conservative website the blaze. leon, how is blankenship in the running? >> well, i think that what a lot of republican voters have learned or at least decided for themselves is they kind of want to get the same high and positive feeling they get out of rooting for a sports team that wins. they really like just the feeling of winning more than they like principles. and i think rightly or wrongly a lot of republicans perceive that forrers democrats have stood by their candidates lp no matter what they said or did and i still hear they say they std st...