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An election here or there. but as i said before, resentiment is not a governing philosophy. at some point you have to govern and move ahead with certain policies that have really animated the party for generations. i think until we return to that, we're going to be, you know, we're going to be in trouble electorally. >> where do you go? you determined you couldn't do what you wanted to do the right way at the ballot box, so what do you do next? how do you keep this fight up, if you want to keep it up in january of '19? >> for the next 14 months, i'm going to have this battle in the senate. i'l...

Resentment is not a governing philosophy. and at some point, you actually have to govern, and you have to have competencies in governing. and you move ahead with certain policies that really have animated the party for generations. and i think until we return to that, we're going to be -- we're going to be in trouble electorally. >> joining the discussion now, e.j. dionne, opinion writer for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst and co-author of the new book "one nation after trump." and jonathan alter is back with us. e.j., the question now is what will jeff flake do in the senate...

And later do, not miss. resentment is not a governing philosophy. and at some point, you actually have to govern, and you have to have competencies in governing. and you move ahead with certain policies that really have animated the party for generations. and i think until we return to that, we're going to be -- we're going to be in trouble electorally. >> joining the discussion now, e.j. dionne, opinion writer for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst and co-author of the new book "one nation after trump." and jonathan alter is back with us. e.j., the question now is what will j...

Republicans, we have always stood for limited government, economic freedom, free trade. and those issues, when we real low can't claim that mantle now then you kinds of have to rile up the base. and that's what we are seeing with some of the actions that the president has taken. and you may be able to win an election here or there, but as i've said before, resentment is not a governing philosophy. and at some point you actually have to govern, and you have to have competencieies in governin and move ahead with certain policies that really have animated the party for generations. i thinkologica...

If ossoff wins in the northern atlanta suburban district, it will panic members, republican members of congress, because that is a seat republicans should win. donald trump won it narrowly, but republicans should win there. if the republican loses, i think you will see a lot of concern that donald trump is going to drag us all down, and that's when i think you will start to see maybe some independents asserted. remember, politicians are a reactive species and the thing they react most to is self-preservation. if it looks like they might be in trouble electorally, you say see this move. >> you ...