cannot win in the general election. new hampshire senate primary race is still too close to call this morning. with 85% reporting, party-backed candidate has a less than one- point lead. she has 46,346 votes. we want to get your reaction to tuesday's primary results. zero be on your screen. joining us this morning from our news desk is steve peoples from "roll call." let us begin with the headline from the delaware newspaper, anti-establishment insurgency rocks of delaware. o'donnell in shocker. tea party-backed candidates funds. how would she be able to do it? guest: not surprised here. the tea party express came into town against the wishes of some people in washington. spent a lot of money. in a closed republican primary was able to make a difference and up said cassell. honestly hard to see this as anything but a nightmare scenario for the gop, at least in this delaware race. you heard karl rove right off the race and both people on both sides are doing the same thing. host: people did not think she could win this primary, either. guest: two different races. winning a closed republican primary which -- i looked at the numbers, about 60,000 people voted, about one-tenth of all registered voters in delaware. about one third of registered republicans. a very small sample. you get enough of your friends and the excited base out, you can make a difference. a general election, very different story. delaware is not a kentucky, not a nevada or alaska. this is a state where democrats outnumber republicans almost two to one. and it will be very difficult for a candidate like o'donnell who has absolutely no appeal to the middle to be successful. is it impossible? this year, i don't think you can write anyone off. anything can happen. but certainly most political reports are shipping this race to the likely d column this morning. host: tea party express put about $250,000 into her race last week. what if they doubled more money and more effort into this race? jacob certainly it could make a difference but christine of dawdle -- guest: certainly it could make a difference but christine o'donnell -- starting of she has a fractured republican party. the state gop, i have rarely seen a state party go after one of its candidates with such ferocity. literally yesterday the state gop was pushing these robo calls in which they had a former o'donnell staffer going after her saying she mishandled campaign funds, was not paying staff, was using donations to pay her rent. it is going to be very difficult with just $20,000 in the bank. certainly there will be a bump after last night -- people excited and the base but it will be hard for her to overcome that. host: who will she be facing in november? guest: county executive chris koons. honestly he is a guy we have not talked a lot about. in a year where republicans are going out of their way to define democrats, this republican primary has been so bitter. he has really flown under the radar. i can see a scenario playing out where more voters are showing up in a member voting against christine o'donnell as opposed to voting for chris koons and that benefits a guy like chris koons. host: you mentioned it in human to on the top that karl rove on fox news said she does not have a win. he has a group called american crossroads, raising money and trying to fill what they say is a void left by the national republican committee. does it mean in all likelihood christine o'donnell will not seek any money from american crossroads? guest: probably. at this point, it has been 10 hours. it is tough to say exactly. but there are finite resources here. pacs, in addition to the campaign committees, really have to be selective of where they devote the resources. i think a lot of the people this morning including a lot of those pacs are writing off the race and feel their money is better spent elsewhere, like kentucky, nevada, a place like alaska. host: we cover last night's victory and concession speeches. i want to show a little bit about what christine o'donnell had to say about the wind. >> there is another woman i got to think -- thank you, governor palin, for your endorsement because she got behind -- [applause] she got behind us war-weary folks and gave us a boost of encouragement when we needed it, and she was a vote against the politics of personal destruction. host: how is sarah palin doing? guest: she had a good night last night clearly. i did not want to jump ahead to new hampshire, but two gop senate fights. of the new hampshire race obviously is not decided but the palin-backed candidate is ahead as well. i tell you what, this delaware race, crazy the way things played out last week. i talked to some folks, gop, insider types, there was very little momentum even after the tea party express showed up, i think that was tuesday or wednesday, and by late thursday and friday, sarah palin had jumped in, jim demint, senate conservatives fund jumped in, and there was an incredible wave of momentum that built and it really turned the tide. how much was sarah palin responsible for that? talk to say. but certainly she had an impact. host: steve peoples is our guest for the next 25 minutes. of course, we want to see your reactions. as soon as your phone calls, and we will get your reaction. let us talk a little bit morning about the comet and "the washington post" about last night's victory in delaware for the tea party express. she says it spells trouble. steve peoples? guest: i agree. we really see a battle -- it sounds dramatic -- but the soul of the republican party. we have seen it played out over that last day. it is shifting to the right. and it is hard to imagine that not having an impact in the congress. and as we know, it is very difficult to get anything done if neither party is willing to reach across the aisle and make some compromises. we are seeing that the candidates most successful in these gop primaries are those that are saying, i will not under any circumstances. across the aisle. we need to stand our ground. what that means for congress's ability to get something done in january remains to be seen. host: let us talk a little bit about what is going on outside of washington, d.c., with the voters. in the tea party express. we brought up alaska. i want to show actually our viewers the front page of the "in anchorage daily news." murkowski, who was defeated by joe miller in a primary, is slated to announce our campaign plans friday. whether she will be right in or drop out. in that race, we saw joe miller tot lisa macao's d., 50.9 49. -- beat lisa murkowski. mike lee, a tea party backed candidate comes out ahead in a republican primary. rand paul and kentucky -- in kentucky. 58.8% to 35.4%. in florida, if you go there. in the latest polls of the three-way general magic, mark rubio leads. this is the latest poll from fox. do you know, steve peoples, what is going on? guest: i do not think it is a real surprise. the same trend we are seeing, in these low turnout republican primaries, the energized conservative base backed by the tea party in most cases can really push what some might call fringe candidates over the edge. it is not rocket science. the side that gets its group bought more energized to get out to vote will win. and we are seeing that playing out across the country. host: let us go to our first phone call. darlene from the democrat mine in dallas. can you tell us what is going on? why do we see the tea party, anti establishment candidates winning? caller: yes, first of all, the democrats have a progressive group and you guys never talk about and show them on the news and that is one reason why. no one ever talks about. they talk about sarah palin and tea party. secondly, i do like c-span and i watched c-span but why don't you have black on the show -- you are biased toward republican and tea party because especially you and the lady called you and you refused to acknowledge and accept the fact that you are biased about that. host: all right, we are going to go on to caroline, republican line, at the illinois. caller: i wanted to thank all of the people, including mr. peoples and karl rove. it is a new day in america. it is not the old republican party anymore. what we are doing is going through a run as bonds. i am a republican, a woman of color and it was a terrific night for the new day republicans. and all of the pundits who are saying that people can't win, they are wrong. these women and others like her will win. it is a new day and a new style republican and that is simply what they don't get. thank you. host: ruby on the democrat line, good morning. caller: i think people better check the voting machines. going back to the voting machines problems. host: what do you mean by that, ruby? caller: you know how they have done research on the previous elections where in chicago and ohio where the voting machines were preprogrammed. i think people did not -- it is going to decide who is in charge. thank you. host: all right. the next phone call. tom, democratic line, missouri. go ahead. caller: hi. i hope the tea party people continue to win these primary contests. it will push the republicans further to the right and it will spell disaster in the general election. host: fort smith, arkansas. joyce, independent line. your thoughts on tuesday's primary results. ok, you've got to turn that television down. we'll come back to you in just a second. steve peoples, let's talk about the new hampshire senate primary race for the republican nomination. as we said at the top, still too close to call. what is going on? guest: earlier in the night last night we thought we might be seeing and all donnell upset in addition to an upset of establishment pick -- khalidayo -- kelly ayotte. there was a tea party candidate, lamontagne, was surging. he was within less than one percentage point. right now khalid ayotte, establishment pick, is ahead and may hold on. -- kelly ayotte. but honestly it is too close to call. host: whoever comes out, who they face in november? guest: congressman paul hodes is the nominee. typically a sitting congressman would be the favorite, especially in new hampshire which has been trending blue. this year, not so much. if kelly ayotte pulled this off, she will probably be the favorite going into november and paul hodes is not very popular in new hampshire, they are fiercely independent and they are not happy with how things are moving in washington right now, the direction of the country. they like to have a balanced delegation in washington representing them and it has not been the case recently. look for paul hodes -- if she wins, and honestly, if she does not, ovide lamontagne can meet this competitive as well. host: john, republican line. caller: i think the problem that we have in the country right now is we have one party in washington, and it does not matter if you are republican or democrat, they do what they want to do and not the will of the people. end of the fix is term limits and we the people have the power in the next four years -- 45 or 50 days, to change that. if this peak -- these people will not get out after three terms, four terms, five terms, and 20 terms, in the house and senate, then we the people need to vote them out and that is what we are doing right now. all incumbents must go. and if ms. o'donnell does not get supported by the republicans and she loses, the objective is met. we don red of the other gentleman and put a new person in. get rid of the incumbents, give the power back to the people. term limits. if they want passed term limits, we, the people, will. host: here is a headline in "the new york times" to about another upset race. carl paladino, a buffalo multimillionaires rode a wave of discussed for the nomination of gov. of new york on tuesday. the story includes a quote from one of the voters who voted for mr. paladino. a retiree said he was frustrated with albany and washington of wanting somebody different from outside -- outside the usual political world. arkansas, joyce on independent line. tuesday's primaries results. are you with us? it would help if i push the right line. caller: about ms. o'donnell. i saw fox news and i will not name the commentator and he said earlier that she had bankruptcy, some $12,000 in debt and he made a comment that he did not have either. heaven forbid, that is the key. they want people in the same situation but have the guts to go out there and run and be forthcoming about their situation and not flaunt that i have millions of dollars is spent on campaigns -- which there is nothing wrong with that if you have the money. but it does not reflect what people are going through right now and they did not see any hope for people who already have it. host: angela, democratic line. thank you for c-span. caller: i watched the primaries as the results came in last night and i have been keeping up with the tea party. my only problem -- yes, government is broken, yes, we need to get a lot of people out of theire. but the policies are some of these candidates are the very things that people have been fighting for four years. we say taxed enough already but their platforms are more about destroying what has already been built, what works with government, more so than anything else. you want to destroy the department of education for charter schools which in some cases is a good thing but what about the people who can't afford the charter schools, who can't afford to move their kids? this is america and when we get caught up with the labels of the conservative or liberal, there is no perfect party or no perfect ideology and i am just afraid that some of these candidates are so far out on the friends that it is going to do more damage than what is going on right now. h., north carolina. well on the democratic line. caller: good morning tube. i wanted to point out quickly when the female callers called about three times ago. she is correct. you are paying attention to sarah palin and the tea party but you forget there is a progressive movement in the democrat party that nobody is mentioning. cnn, fox, you are all for getting about it and not even covering it. host: this morning we are just talking about the news, will. caller: ok, all right. thank you. host: we will leave it there. let's go back to steve peoples joining us with "roll call." let us go to new york and talk about charlie rangel. he was able to survive a primary challenge. guest: fascinating race. real quickly. just want to speak to will's point, there was actually progress of up said in new hampshire, a candidate who defeated katrina sweat, a well- known name. so not all bad news for republicans last night. but going to charlie rangel's reyes, this is a guy, inside the washington bubble, he has every reason to lose in a combat of the primary, especially against the candidate who was the grandson of the guide charlie rangel upset in 1972 initially when the seed. all sorts of political, going on. on paper looks like it to be competitive. rangel has all of these ethical challenges. but the bottom line is in new york, people love charlie rangel. the local democrats and independents going to back -- going to bat for him. president clinton, it was reported in a robo call. mayor bloomberg, former mayor dinkins. on the ground they see this guy who delivers for the district. he is a well loved and there is a real disconnect. a fascinating race. he cruised to victory. not that close. and certainly the is virtually guaranteed to win in november. host: last night some of our coverage included charlie rangel's victory speech. >> i thank the team, the rev., everybody. and even some of a sinners -- thank you, any. thank you. thank you, george. thank you. [crowd chanting charlie] >> ladies and gentlemen, this is a champagne moment faug. its goal is it likely charlie rangel wins in november? guest: i noticed he changed his boat tie he was wearing a earlier in the night. interesting decision. certainly i think it is a heavily democratic district, there is nothing but token republican opposition. as i said, i am actually meeting with his republican opponent tomorrow morning. but it would be a real shock if charlie rangel -- virtually impossible for him not to win. obviously a lot of democrats are upset about that. some people just want him to go away because as long as he is out there campaigning, in the news, being talked about on programs like c-span, he is the poster child for republicans talking about everything that is wrong with washington. host: carolyn maloney -- likely to win in november as well. she faced a primary challenge for the first time in her 18- year career. is that right? guest: there were a few incumbents facing what we thought would be competitive primary challenges. malone made's was one. congressman bill lynch in massachusetts ninth district, both were won relatively easily and certainly the favorites in november. host: new york house races. the 23rd and first district. what happened in these races last night? guest: new york 23, a lot of people are familiar with it. it was really picked the first tea party upset race, and special collections last fall, a seat republicans had all the about 150 years, 19th century. and a divided republican base basically handed that seek to build all ones in that 3-1 special election. it looks like the same thing playing out. owens ran unopposed. doug hoffman, who in the fall was unsuccessful for that bid for the nomination, nevertheless he will appear on the ballot as a conservative party candidate. it remains to be seen how hard he will campaign for that seat. he has indicated he will seek -- he will try to win and certainly that means that the bill owens again could be the recipient of another term in congress thanks to a division within the republican party. host: in other political news, here is the political section of "the washington times" this morning on the colorado gov. race. also in other primary results, this is "the baltimore sun." it says the -- that o'malley and ehrlich are braced for a rematch. and district of columbia, d.c. current mayor adrian fenty lost to vincent gray, 39% to 59%. richfield, ohio. lee on independent line. caller: nice to talk to you this morning. one of the things i would like to say is i hear all of these people talking about the tea party and saying that the tea party is so far to the right. i am trying to understand why an individual or a group of people that are bent on bringing this country back to the constitution would be considered to the right? or a group of people that would like to reduce spending in this country are called the rightist s? to meet it makes perfectly good sense to reduce spending, to follow the constitution and to be an independent thinker, which is what the tea party is. now, there is no doubt that no one expects the tea party candidates to win every race that there isms. -- there is. she may not win the senate race. but if the republican party, national committee, chooses to support her, she would certainly have a better chance. the next thing is, is that just -- this is just one election. 2012 we will be coming up -- and we will come up with another election in 2014. it is not important that we take both houses. it is important that we garner one house. i think we will be able to do that in the house of representatives. in 2014 we will take back but senate. host: philadelphia. holly on the republican line. good morning. caller: i can see how the republican party -- or i should say the conservative party, they pushed out scott in new york 23 and now they pushed out my castle. did anybody know gov. chris christie endorsed mike castle? communism is coming. you cannot push out but party of quincy adams. this is how you can tell the republican party is far to the right. they don't realize today marks the birthday of the greates