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In ideological purity and more interested in who can beat the guy in there? that's exponentially more important with donald trump. you can't overstatement how much democrats despise donald trump, what he stands for, who he is and what he has done. if you look at the initial skirmishing -- we're not starting earlier than anyone else started. this is right on time. there are candidates already in. a whole line of them getting ready to go in. in the initial skirmishing, my biggest fear is that somehow this was going to become an ideological purity test. with elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, t...

Of america thinks in terms of the democratic votership. you'll remember, that barack obama, when he faced hillary clinton that first time around, there were many people who did not expect him to have any kind of a chance at winning. and he pulled out the victory there. and that catapulted him to the nomination. and one of the things that iowans view very important is that they want to elect someone out of their caucus who they believe can ultimately win. you see those numbers. it tracks very closely this year as well. 54% are more concerned about picking somebody who can win and can beat donal...

There are very few skeptics. i have a son in the navy. very few skeptics at the pentagon. they see what's happening. they see the threat. we need to keep our eyes wide open and not have a conservative litmus test or a purity test but go off data and do whatever we can to help our neighbors and everything we do has to be focussed on resilience. there is going to be an organized retreat away from parts of the coastline, and we need to be prepared for that future. we need to keep our eyes wide open. >> this is an important point. what did you did not do for the least of us. it is the least of us ...

Result in south carolina where congressman mark sanford w-- wh we remember the scandal of hiking the appalachian trail and he came back and won theeat in congress but lost to a primary challenger who said he was not supportive of the president who atcked him for being a critic of president trump and sanford lost as a result. the president also tweeted -- in the final hf the race and said he endorsed sanford's opponent and he was unhelpful to the agenda. so we're the results of republicans who go out and criticize the president at their only political peril. >> what is your analysis. >> rebecca...

Part of the republican base, it is about loyalty to donald trump. that's the test of whether or not -- that's the purity test, not where you are on immigration or where you are on fiscal issues, it's where you are on donald trump and if you've ever said anything negative about him. >> there are some head scratching outcomes, though. corey stuart. in terms of an ideology there, a lot of surprises i think for people especially outside of virginia. >> right. not that surprising if you looked last year when he was running in the republican primary for governor. he came real close to defeating ed g...