the right in these contests that republican voters as a whole conclude they're probably not electable. governor romney was out this week talking about the importance of getting behind candidates who can win. and he basically said there will only be one or maybe two people in the campaign in 2016 who can do that. and they said get behind those candidates. we're likely to see a more significant debate. conservatives believe they haven't had the opportunity to show their ideas to the country. >> what about like in '64 after kennedy was killed or in '80 when they couldn't beat nixon in '72. would that tend to make them go to the bases saying we're probably not going to win so let's pick somebody we believe in. >> i think the choice for the republican party in the near term is do they decide they're a congressionally based party.