year? >> i think in primaries that's absolutely the way to run. in both the republicans and the democratic side you have people in democratic parties running against nancy pelosi now. so there is an anti-washington anti-party leadership sentiment but then the question is how does that play out in the general election. the parties want to get the middle-of-the-road candidates who can win in november, not may or june or july. and that's where what the tension is and we'll learn a lot this afternoon around evening. >> we don't have public polling that brings us up to speed in the last few days but there are internal polls we learn about yesterday to show blankenship in west virginia tied for the lead, a statistical tie for the lead. what would it say about the modern republican party if you had the president of the united states who backed roy moore using roy moore as the example of what not to do in a primary. what would it say about the current republican party and what would people in washington say about the republican party if he does in fact win tonight.