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When ossoff lost, some liberal commentators quickly played down its significance. >> the republican win in georgia, it should be breaking news. >> they should have one this. i don't think any republican is comfortable right now. >> within minutes, msnbc switched back to other news. there was this telling prediction from charles krauthammer. >> if the democrats win, there will be a referendum on trump. if he loses, the headlines will be "in a race that doesn't mean anything." turn out problematic, et cetera. >> that's not entirely true. some describe it as a moralizing setback. but it was nonst...

The president only one by one, one and half percentage points. though this is a ruby red district. a tweet by a republican -- business as usual isn't working. time to stop rehashing 2016 and talk about the future. the future. 2018 mid-terms. how do democrats turn it around? >> brooke, democrats have to find their footing. they have to find some energy. there's been a lot of resist movement activity. there's been a lot of -- we are not happy with this -- but it did not translate in the polls last night. and brooke, in another interesting piece, ossoff did not get fulton or dekalb, his base. so ...

The republicans woke up to the threat is that was before them and donald trump jumped on the band wagon that end and no doubt will claim some credit. the question is in a one on one battle will we see karen handel fly to the district, campaign side by side or will she see him as more of somebody who's going to jin up the democratic base than deliver votes for her? >> you think he's going to campaign for her? >> i would be surprised if she wanted him to come. part of what we're finding is that donald trump and changing the complexion of the republican party. it's been stronger in areas that hav...

50% that we were able to make thet projection we're headed for a run off. if he maintains that number at the end of the day will have performed even better than hillary clinton did when she made end roads into this district and that will give democrats some heart that there's a fight to fight. 95%, right? this is 95% of the vote in. so this is pretty much where it's going to settle out. >> how did he get so close as we've been saying ruby red district, david? >> exactly what peter was gist discussing. he got so close because he saw how hillary clinton got so close, which was making an appe...

I live there had for almost 10 years. it is a ruby red district. and georgia is a red state. someone who's not political. i was surprised to see a democrat getting this far. >> one other thing and you know i love jack but he's spinning his top off here. hillary clinton only lost this district by 1 1/2 points. that's hillary clinton in georgia. so this is a swing district. this is not -- that's why democrats are invested here. so this will be close all along and it will be continue to be a referendum on donald trump. >> karen handel is going to eat him alive. she has run state wide two differen...