i endorsed mike cassel in the primary. >> in delaware? >> yes. i felt he was the best person. >> do you agree with lindsey graham from south carolina or jim demint from south carolina that delaware is a wake-up call for republicans? >> i think delaware was a missed opportunity to have a good united states senator in mike cassel. that's why i endorsed him in the primary. >> let me talk about tacks and spending. i want to talk about this arc tunnel, rail tunnel that would have connected in new york and new jersey. to boil all this down, the federal government offered you a deal. you were worried about cost, costover runs. they said we'll take care of that. new jersey will not be responsible. critics of you -- >> let me stop you right there. >> yeah. >> no chance. that never happened. the federal government said $3 billion is what they're going to give us. i had to sign a contract saying every nickel over $3 billion was the responsibility of the federal government. all the federal government offered me in the interim two-week period from when i firs

that right nominee lost along with congressman mike cassel, and democrats picked up the two seats. i think that talks a lot about the dangers republican face going forward if they continue this sort of shrinking the tent and purr fewing the party -- purifying the party. final ily, take a look at nevada. even now and then a perfect campaign can overcome even perfect campaigns. illinois was the state that actually flipped to republicans. >> well, i mentioned the democratic, the places where democrats can take solace today. just one example of how bad it was, in wisconsin last night the democrats lost the governorship, they lost the senate, they lost the senate seat, they lost two house seats, they lost both chambers of the state legislature all in one night. and this is a state that voted for the democrat in the presidential election the six last presidential elections. that just shows you how much -- a blue state, a bluish state like wisconsin can change. >> all right. thanks so much. we would encourage you to take a look at your hotline which will be out well before you get out of

mike cassel from our sacramento station joins us now, watching the white stuff piling up at the summitter: good evening from near the 7,000-foot level in the sierra and check it out. you are looking at round one of what could be a weekend-long snowstorm. and while the snow is what the headline is here, we also saw something else today. you have just got to see. flame, flakes, and forceful winds. these just snapshots of why this sierra traveler described today this way. >> that's outrageous. >> reporter: the day start with winds so strong that ski resorts had to cancel opening day. >> pretty windy and chilly. >> reporter: by noon the snowfall began and this reaction -- >> whoo! >> reporter: -- quickly followed. >> i'm excited. i'm so excited. i've been waiting six, eight months for this to happen. >> reporter: however, highway patrol warned if the snow gets heavy and winds continue i-80 could close briefly. >> you can expect to see at times maybe whiteout conditions at which time we would hold traffic or turn traffic. >> reporter: but above all this was the sight that proved more eye ca

and had she not won, it would have been much better for the republicans because mike cassel would haveause we had tom ross on, the chairman of the republican party in delaware. he said mike castle was meant to win until external tea party support and forces came in and put her money wise and publicity wise and support wise over the top. >> are well, christine, a very small number of people turned out to vote, and no one expected, i mean, no one -- >> in the primary? >> yes, in the primary. >> she won it. >> so i would just stick with it, it was a fluke. [laughter] >> candy. >> there's no legal requirement that they show up on national tv to do anything. that's certainly their right. and i think that for all those reasons that these guys have stated, they don't. they do have local press, and they have sort of talked to the local press which are much more important, as we know, in state races. it's much more important to talk to your big state newspaper or your big state tv station which they doesn't always do -- didn't always do. i think, actually, what's more troubling is, first of all

and had she not won, it would have been much better for the republicans because mike cassel would haveat seat. >> it wasn't a fluke because we had tom ross on, the chairman of the republican party in delaware. he said mike stle was meant to win until external tea party support and forces came in and put her money wise and publicity wise and support wise over the top. >> are well, christine, a very small number of people turned out to vote, and no one expected, i mean, no one -- >> in the primary? >> yes, in the primary. >> she won it. >> so i would just stick with it, it was a fluke. [laughter] >> candy. >> there's no legal requirement that they show up on national tv to do anything. that's certainly their right. and i think that for all those reasons that the guys have stated, they don't. they do have local press, and they have sort of talked to the local press which are much more important, as we know, in state races. it's much more important to talk to your big state newspaper or your big state tv station which they doesn't always do -- didn't always do. i think, tually, what's more

and had she not won, it would have been much better for the republicans because mike cassel would haveat seat. >> it wasn't a fluke because we had tom ross on, the chairman of the republican party in delaware. he said mike castle was meant to win until external tea party support and forces came in and put her money wise and publicity wise and support wise over the top. >> are well, christine, a very small number of people turned out to vote, and no one expected, i mean, no one -- >> in the primary? >> yes, in the primary. >> she won it. >> so i would just stick with it, it was a fluke. [laughter] >> candy. >> there's no legal requirement that they show up on national tv to do anything. that's certainly their right. and i think that for all those reasons that these guys have stated, they don't. they do have local press, and they have sort of talked to the local press which are much more important, as we know, in state races. it's much more important to talk to your big state newspaper or your big state tv station which they doesn't always do -- didn't always do. i think, actually, what'

and had she not won, it would have been much better for the republicans because mike cassel would have won that seat. >> it wasn't a fluke because we had tom ross on, the chairman of the republican party in delaware. he said mike castle was meant to win until external tea party support and forces came in and put her money wise and publicity wise and support wise over the top. >> are well, christine, a very small number of people turned out to vote, and no one expected, i mean, no one -- >> in the primary? >> yes, in the primary. >> she won it. >> so i would just stick with it, it was a fluke. [laughter] >> candy. >> there's no legal requirement that they show up on national tv to do anything. that's certainly their right. and i think that for all those reasons that these guys have stated, they don't. they do have local press, and they have sort of talked to the local press which are much more important, as we know, in state races. it's much more important to talk to your big state newspaper or your big state tv station which they doesn't always do -- didn't always do. i think, actually

cassel would have won. >> we had the chairman of the republican party of delaware on. he said mikepposed to win until extern multi-party forces came in and put her over the top. -- external tea party forces came in. >> an extremely small number of people came out to vote. >> in the primaries? >> yes. i just stick with that it was a fluke. >> there is no legal requirement that they show up on national television. that is their right. for all those reasons that these guys have stated, they do have local press and they have sort of talked to the local press which are much more important, as we know, in state races. it is much more important talk to your big state newspapers and television stations. i think, actually, what is more troubling is, first of all, there are out lets these people can go to that are friendlier. they can get their message out there. they can have a web site. they can go over the heads and everything. >> do you think that is palin's strategy? >> short. -- sure. >> a lot of them did not do town hall meetings. they would not tell the their schedule. why were they