the digital age is waiting. well, we fell in love through gaming. but now the internet lags and it throws the whole thing off. when did you first discover this lag? i signed us up for t-mobile home internet. ugh! but, we found other interests. i guess we have. [both] finch! let s go! oh yeah! it s not the same. what could you do to solve the problem? we could get xfinity? that s actually super adult of you to suggest. i can t wait to squad up. i love it when you talk nerdy to me. guy, guys, guys, we re still in session. and i don t know what the heck you re talking about. two days to go until the final election of a stunning midterm year. i m not that politician.
get to know geico. and see how easy homeowners and renters insurance n be. a stunning midterm upset in last republican primary in south carolina s first congressional district. incumbent congressman mark sanford lost to state legislator katie arrington. president trump took credit on twitter. his representatives didn t want to get involved but arrington was so good and sanford so bad he had to give it a shot. joining me to break it down, steve kornacki and david joely, former republican congressman at the board, start there. sanford s performance last night in the primary. was it a strong indicator of the path ahead for gop hopefuls who are hoping to buck trump or an anomaly? no. i think this gets to the bigger
president so far to the right. reagan did slash taxes, but when his eight years were up, the federal government had grown bigger and more expensive. it happened again in the 1990s. by newt gingrich, republicans scored a stunning midterm triumph in 1994. they won the house for the first time in 40 years, finally conservatives believed their moment was here. the gingrich republicans forced an immediate confrontation with bill clinton, but it was a pr nightmare. clinton accused the gop of targeting medicare and the gop backed off. this is the backdrop to keep in mind as the current drama plays out. the polling data is clear, this shutdown, the threat of the default, all of this is killing the republican party. it is hurting the party s prospects of being anything more than a minority party that happens to control the house. this doesn t seem to bother the tea party that much. maybe it makes sense, because as we re now seeing, they can do an awful lot of damage even if they only control th