>> it should not have been, and a little bit of what karl rove just said come up with the president does not have any coattails, and we will talk about conor lamb being an exceptional candidate, which he is. but the truth of the matter is that it should not come to this. and if it comes to this repeatedly in november, the republican party cannot put in the resources. they cannot put in $10 million into dozens and dozens of close races. and it is not a good sign, even if saccone spells it out by a couple of points but i would not feel good if i was the head of the rnc. >> martha: how does this reflect on the work that the gnc has done, karl rove? we hear that this is all about candidates, they need really strong candidates in all of these places. >> i am involved in a super packed on the senate side, and there are limits to what they can do, the principal reason a canna gets gets close to winning or wins is because of the candidate in the campaign's organization.