JOE SCARBOROUGH: Go into the numbers. What's your takeaway?



CHUCK TODD: Basically, both parties are right. Voters in Virginia -- look, we've got to look at Virginia. As Virginia goes, so goes the nation, perfect swing state. They're ticked off at Republicans about the shutdown, and they're ticked off at Democrats about the rollout of health care. You can't look at what happened in Virginia, if you're a Democrat, and not sit there and panic. I talked to a bunch of Democrats last night. They were ecstatic that they survived, but they sit there and say, another week of health care, and this could have gone the other way. The other part of this, by the way, is there's going to be some major finger-pointing. There already is major finger-pointing this morning. Republicans walked away from Cuccinelli, particularly in Northern Virginia. They walked away.



SCARBOROUGH: You reported Chris Christie refused to come down and campaign for him.



TODD: That's right. They begged Christie to come down, and you can make an argument. You bring a Chris Christie to Northern Virginia, it might have helped. But Chris Christie's worried about his own brand, and that wouldn't have helped his brand.