let's bring in the political reporter dave weigel. good evening. >> good evening, keith. >> we'll broaden this out to the new and devolved republican party in a bit. do democrats need to worry about losing that senate seat in delaware? if so, more than they did 24 hours ago? less? where does it stand? >> much, much less. they hoped this would happen. but they didn't think it could happen. i'm from delaware originally. and mike castle is about essential to delaware as expensive tolls and scrapple. he's never lost an election until now. he's been winning since lbj was president. no one thought this could happen. and their reality, and i think the republicans' reality if you read between the lines of these statements is that the election's over. and she is going to, i think, play clips like what i said back, maybe in youtubes -- sorry to prove that she can do this after all and then we all wrote her out. >> the $42,000 donation from senator cornyn and the republican senatorial election committee, that doesn't seem like that's the maximum

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as we prepare for the comes we joined by chris could have phone nas, dave weigel and robert lipman from the kaufman foundation which focuses on new business versus old business when it comes to job creation. chris could ha chris, i will begin with you, what card is the president playing here, postprimary, lots of electseering at work? >> i think he will make a stark contrast between his vision and the republican vision. the small business bill was being held up by politics. i think this is a good piece of legislation, $30 billion, potentially $300 billion worth of lending. it will spur growth, not immediately, but the long term. small businesses help create jobs and new jobs. and i think this is a piece of the president's overall economic vision, one we have to hammer in clearly if we are going to make this contrast between ourselves and the republican party. >> dave weigle, what do you say? politics of this whole seen day after primary? >> this bill in particular, the small business bill is a perfect example of a piece of legislation that is for small business and irritates lobbyists a