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But candidates who don't appeal to a broad electorate. so if there's a silver lining, it's this, this shines a bright light on, you cannot follow these kinds of candidacies down a path that destroys your party. >> josh, you wrote the book on bannon. what happens to bannon now? what does bannon argue? i know he's blaming mitch mcconnell. >> well, it's a huge embarrassment for bannon. i mean, he went out and jumped in four square behind roy moore. and, in a sense, steve bannon is the guy who nationalized this election because he came in and he said, look, this is going to be a proxy battle in th...

He's blaming mitch mcconnell. >> it's a huge embarrassment for bannon. he jumped in four square behind roy moore and steve bannon is the guy who nationalized this election because he said this is going to be a proxy battle in this war between the hard right nationalists that i represent and the gop establishment that mitch mcconnell represents. floor got wiped with his candidate last night. i think it does a lot to puncture this aura that bannon worked hard to build up that he has psychic connection with trump voters and the republican brace that he can transfer to other candidates and other r...

Some in terms of bigger picture getting some elevation on them in terms of votes needed and shoring up the strength that they have in congress and the senate. >> dana: i don't know if it will have an impact, but it has been a proxy battle in alabama for national politicians making a case. former president obama and vice president biden also taped robo calls, so it is possible that voters may have heard from both sides of the aisle if they pick up their phones. >> jesse: the stakes are high, charles barkley is doing a call with doug jones. they need to come out for jones right now, facing down ...

Have basically been in a proxy battle for years in syria. but it's been obscured because there was a fight against the islamic state and both sides were at least, you know, saying they were fighting isis in both moving in the same direction. now that that is off the table, it is illustrated how much leverage the u.s. has lost in syria, how much power russia has over the future of syria and that may be one of the reasons we are seeing less talk about assad having to go. >> i vanna, what are you looking for the call? >> i will be looking at this as they wrap up the probes. and this could throw a...

I would also say this. the purpose of roy moore, of course, was not to win the election. luther strange would have won this in a walkoff. the purpose of roy moore for steve bannon and moore supporters in the state, would be tobasco sauce in the eyes of mitch mcconnell. the purpose of roy moore, even if he made it less likely to do so, was that it was worth it to torture the republican party. >> dana: this is a proxy battle between mitch mcconnell and bannon and it's happening in alabama. the president has been away on an ambitious and quite a grueling asia trip. i would say it's been a net pos...