our ability to control the primary outcome was quite limited in 22 because of the support of the former president proved to be very decisive in these primaries. so my view was do the best you can with the cards you re dealt. hopefully in the next cycle we ll have quality candidates everywhere and a better outcome. wow. okay. so, willie, we re so used to people just speaking in code about things. he just went there and blamed donald trump for the election. he did talk about candidate quality. he said ahead of time people freaked out. i do wonder whether some of donald trump s numbers cratering, especially the republican party, doesn t have something to do with not only the poor quality of the candidates but also now people in the base understanding that trump raised hundreds of millions of dollars off of them