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Let's turn to crystal ball and steve cornacky, and meghan mccain with us today. if it's not immigration, it's immigration. how does he mop this up, crystal? >> it's so -- i feel bad for him, he's having trouble keeping track of his own positions, but i think it underscores the fact because he went so far to the right in the primary, it's very difficult for him to make any movement back to the center. and even though immigration is not the top issue for most american voters, it's one that republicans are very sensitive about. anything that smacks of amnesty is going to beç treated as treason ...

Disagree. you know this stuff better than i do having worked through it, but i have to say it has to be humbling to political pros that yeah, actually, the party doesn't matter at all. it matter if it works well, but if you don't function at all, other people will get the work done. it's got to be kind of a humbling feeling for the pros in the field. >> capitol goes to where it's welcome. and neither party want to donate money where it's going to be wasted, whether it's not going to have any productive function. so the state parties who become dysfunctional, that get out of the business of try...

Which is a weird pair of answers. at this stage of the campaign, even in states that mitt romney didn't win, republicans are supposed to be standing up for the nominee, right? not suing for the right to support somebody else. does the republican party, particularly as a collection of state parties, does the republican party matter? does the institution matter? does it matter if a bunch of the state republican parties are emphatically not for mitt romney and there are instead for ron paul? does the machine that is the republican party make a difference in the presidential election? inside repub...

Particularly as a collection of state parties, does the republican party matter? does the institution matter? does it matter if a bunch of the state republican parties are infatically not for mitt romney and there are instead for ron paul? does the machine that is the republican party make a difference in the presidential election? inside republican party headquarters, we are told tonight that top rnen party officials are in fact worried about the way this is playing out and will play out. a top republican official telling us tonight the worries are about the ramification for the 2012 election...

Inside republican party headquarters, we are told tonight that top republican party officials are in fact worried about the way this is playing out and will play out. a top republican official telling us tonight the worries are about the ramification for the 2012 elections and also for beyond. joining us now is steve schmidt, republican strategist, notably for the mccain/palin ticket. steve, thank you for taking this on. thanks for being here. >> you bet. good to see you, rachel. >> does the party itself matter? for an election, in terms of having strong state parties to turn out the vote and ...