to the sentiment. >> we have senator chris van holland from maryland. did democrats do everything they could do? >> democrats have done everything we can in every part of this country. in the senate as steve kornacki was pointing out, we have a very difficult political battlefield. this is the toughest political battlefield that any party has fa faced in 60 years. one of the big stories here is the states that you're not talking about that republicans said they were going to win, all those mid western states that trump won, republicans were predicting they were going to win a super majority, pick up eight seats in the senate. not happening. instead they're having to compete in these deep red states that trump won big. so that is really the story of this election cycle in the senate. >> what's your response? this morning a lot of people are