his most hardened base and what does that mean for the future of the republican party? >> well, i think for the short term, a lot of what this means will -- i think rather the long term a lot will depend on what happens in the short term which is does the party's shift towards the rhetorical positions of donald trump, speaking more like donald trump, getting closer to his agenda like on immigration does it help them in the short term. does it sustain them in the mid-terms and push back against the historical pattern that suggests no matter what happens republicans would have a bad mid-term. if donald trump can come out at the end of mid-term and even if republicans lose one chamber they still hold on to the senate and those seats, maybe taken out a red state democrat or two. republicans feel they like winning and if being more like donald trump helps them to win at all or at least stave off