concern among republicans is that because the support will be fractured, gritons could emerge and become the nominee and be vulnerable in a general election. talking to republican leaders, they are watching this very closely. mitch mcconnell told me that he s watching this closely. i asked him, were you engaged in this race, trying to defeat griotns in this primary if he catches steam? he would not rule that possibility out. democrats believe that gritons emerges they could see a repeat of 2012 when claire mccaskill won there when todd akin, a controversial republican, won that nomination. and obviously candidates always matter but they matter particularly this cycle for republicans. if you look at the map, 34 seats are up for grabs. 14 democrats are holding 20. republicans are holding. so they re got to hold onto their people. but they have some pick-up opportunities. there are some candidates in these states that are problematic. eric gritons is one of them. but in other places you