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Sarah palins of the world, is that a potent weapon for democrats to go against republicans in those suburban districts? >> playing to the base is not to chuck's point, is not a majority strategy. and i think that's part of the problem. is that sure, you're going to get loud cheers, you speak to a group of republicans, speak to a group of democrats, but barack obama didn't get elected because democrats voted for him, they did. but he got elected because independents voted for him. and that's the key that many republicans who are pushing this purification of the party don't grasp. that's not a n...

Potent weapon for democrats to go against republicans in those suburban districts. >> playing to the base is not to chuck's point, is not a majority strategy. and i think that's part of the problem. is that sure, you're going to get loud cheers, you speak to a group of republicans, speak to a group of democrats, but barack obama didn't get elected because democrats voted for him, they did. but he got elected because independents voted for him. and that's the key that many republicans, had are pushing this purification of the party don't grasp. that's not a national strategy, that will get you ...

One of the unwritten, the less-written stories of the republican loss over the last decade, frankly, as they saw this erosion, was in the suburbans. even when republicans got back control of congress, they were, they weren't doing as well in these suburban districts. and that's going to be the test here, i think, for them. i just came out of a briefing with the national republican congressional committee, pete sessions and he was talking about how they need to do better. if they're going to win the majority they've got to win districts in philadelphia, both in the new jersey side and the borde...