and local candidates have really been talking about the issues americans care about. >> and suddenly the tax cuts which were going to be the republican shield looked like pretty weak -- >> marco rubio just really destroyed it. >> there's not a single republican whose optimistic, but they said the degree we can stay in the field, it hangs on that. >> in the house i think everyone takes pall ryan's retirement and other things happening on the house side, that had house is almost gone or very, very difficult for republicans -- >> i would say the rank and file are acting as if no one's in charge right now. >> and that's because of the house districts are ones where most of the voters were for