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And was unapologetic about controversial comments and unpredictable on a national debate stage. sound familiar? >> martha: it does. thank you very much. you're not exclusively, don don blankenship. a candidate for the u.s. senate of former massey energy sun don't let company ceo. it's good to see you here tonight again. good news, if it's true that you might have picked up as much as eight points in the balls last night and with their data, but you hear what is coming at you from the weekly standard. they say that you are another sharon angle. another roy moore and that you present a disaster ...

Situation. quite honestly i think if mitch mcconnell had stayed out of this race we would have ended up with mel brooks as the nominee and he would have won that easily. >> mel brooks the congressman from northern alabama who came in third in the primary. >> right. but i mean, also you have to remember that were it not for the tea party movement, we wouldn't have ted cruz and marcomarco rubio and some of these other senators. so while they want to think that mitch mcconnell has all the answers, that's not true. >> but if not for the tea party you wouldn't have the loss of sharon angle in nevad...

This is our war. [ applause ] and you all didn't start it. the establishment started it. >> so how do you see this fight between bannon and the establishment gop playing out? >> uh, i don't see any ceasefire. i think this is going to be a fire fight and burn the party down to the foundation. you know, if roy moore is the opening bid for the bannon candidates, it's not a good sign. reminds me a lot of todd aiken and sharon angle who viewers may remember were similar candidates, fringe candidates that were similarly supported in a fashion like this and then lost badly in the general election. so...

Opening bid for the bannon slate of candidates, it's not a good sign. reminds me a lot of todd aiken and sharon angle who viewers may remember were similar candidates, fringe candidates that were similarly supported in a fashion like this and then lost badly in the general election. so, i think we have a situation in alabama now where something may happen or is likely to happen that nobody thought possible which is a democrat may win the senate seat. >> can you imagine that? going from red to blue just like that overnight? >> well, given the news cycle over the last week, i can, yeah, if i'm a...

Make policy and losers go home. that's my approach. that's the way you keep a governing majority. >> dana: jesse, i imagine mitch mcconnell spent a lot of time at lunch explaining his position. >> jesse: i'm not a big fan of mitch mcconnell but i thought that statement was dead on. winners are in the senate and losers go home. what he rattle off when he talked about the losing candidates the republicans nominated? sharon angle, todd aiken. o'donnell. they are flamethrowers and they burst on the scene through the primaries by the help of the grassroots and they get shredded at the general. wher...