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Responsibility, though, for the fact that the president -- he may have helped drive some turnout at the end, but his policies over the last year certainly excited democrats far more. >> jeff, even as the president was campaigning in pennsylvania last weekend for saccone, the white house had already started to try to distance itself from the candidate. >> i mean they did. this is something we've seen. the white house has gotten a bit of practice at this, anderson, quite frankly through special elections in alabama, of course. you know, most prominently with that senate race there. the president...

>> although president trump is reasonably popular in that district, which he won by 20 points, he is still above water there. he couldn't save rick saccone. if you are a congressional republican, even in a district like this which is 94% white, and three out of five of those white people have only a high school education. and president trump couldn't save him there. >> a will tlot of republicans lt said after trump spoke, saccones

Rallies, he also energizes the other side, the democratic base here. so that is something we're going to be watching with much interest to see if this president is not in as high of demand as he hopes he might be. >> thanks very much. joining us, two political veterans, paul begala and steve cortes. paul, you wrote in a column for cnn, you said republicans are going to need a bigger yacht, using the old line from "jaws," because of the results. why should this send them into a panic? that's what you seem to be -- >> because although president trump is still reasonably popular in this district ...

Be a loss. the president was talking about how he won the district by 20 points. they were afraid of getting blown out there. but the reality is the white house not surprisingly blaming it on saccone saying he was not a good candidate for this moment. not taking responsibility for the fact the president, he may have helped drive turn out at the end but his policies over the last year certainly excited democrats far more. >> even if the president was campaigning in pennsylvania last week and for saccone, the white house already had tried to distance themselves from the candidate. >> reporter: w...

With a new economic adviser on the way in and a number of other big name officials possibly on the way out. politically it's a different washington as well with republicans scrambling to explain their apparent loss in a congressional race that should have been a gimme. democrat conor lamb on the left there is slightly ahead, likely to prevail over republican rick saccone in what was less than two years ago trump country. joining us now, jeff zeleny. >> reporter: the white house quickly moved to distance itself from what appears to be a loss there. i mean the president of course was in pennsylv...