>> the establishment is coming together. you can hear them right now. the fax machines and phones are buzzing in washington, d.c. you got to get together. somebody's got to get out and take on this guy. we have to have one guy take him on. they'll come after this campaign with everything they got. do not wait for orders from headquarters. mount up, everybody, and ride to the sound of the guns. >> and in that moment it seemed like pat buchanan might run away with the republican nomination. democrats were almost giddy. he was so extreme, they figured, he'd be easy to beat if he got that nomination. republicans were terrified. they were stunned to learn that so many of their own voters didn't mind pitchfork pat's rhetoric. were they losing control of their own party? it turned out they weren't, at least not yet. in '96 the establishment had enough juice to stop buchanan. dole went on to win the nomination, did go on to lose in