at this point, please join me in thanking linda feldmann. [applause] >> charlie cook with the cook political report gave his thoughts on the 2014 elections. he was a guest of american university's campaign management and two. he told students about what he sees are the republican party's branding issues. here's a look. >> first, let's talk about the republican brand image problems. it kind of got talked about a lot coming out of 2012. the republican parties. you could land mitt romney for his lost in his campaign. to be honest, that was a very winnable race, had it been run somewhat differently that the obama campaign was very, very smart campaign and made a lot of smart decisions. notwithstanding that, when you sort of look at other races on the broader, you can see there is huge problems facing the republican party. minority voters come when african-americans make up 30% electric in your presidential candidate visits by 87-point come and 93 to six, that is pretty bad. but hispanics make up 10% of the vote and romney lost by 44-point, 7127.