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and you look, before the final votes were tallied, mitch mcconnell had gotten a check from erick erickson, influential conservative blogger. and then you had freedomwork, the senate majority fund. all of these groups trying to beat him, immediately, saying we're on his side. >> well -- >> that just wouldn't have happened last fall. >> i know you'll say, well, gee, that's just a safe thing. but, no, these groups, this was a movement who was defined by what jim demint said which was i'd rather have 30 people in the senate who think like me. than have the majority of republicans in the senate. and, you know, we talked about it after the government shutdown blew up, you can tell all of these groups have felt pressure since then from republican donors and conservatives. saying we want harry reid out as majority leader. boy, you saw it. there's no civil war in the republican party, at least from what i saw. >> i think part of it, too, they realize they picked the wrong guy in matt bevan. >> cockfighting. >> they should have researched more on the cockfighting thing. it's the scarborough doctrin