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Barometer which president obama talked about, what gets them at the august recess. everybody needs to focus on that paid by the time i get to the august recess this year, that is the most fertile territory for a president to get stuff that he needs through congress done. then once you get through congress, were almost going to be done with the year, and next year, it is all politics. president trump has one accomplishment he must achieve or he is going to be in big trouble. people have to feel l...

On that. >> it hasnt worked in the past. i dont think its going to work this time. >> neil: i think you are making a generality there, governor, with all due respect. i do want to pick your brain a little bit on donald trump and how you think he is doing. i know you have been saying is he doing a bravo job and you are really impressed, and you are so glad he won. 100 days, we use that as sort of like a barometer of things to come. what do you think? >> well, let me say this to you, i kind of agr...

Others like ronald reagan that had a lousy first 100 days. george bush sr. comes to mind. keep that in mind. the 100-day thing is a barometer and weve used it since f.d.r. -- >> i would say outperformed. certainly the last administration. >> neil: dont get me started on millard fillmore. thanks very much. good seeing you. were beginning to get sort of the broad blueprints of a tax cut. the treasury secretary, steve mnuchin sifts his hands today. im not sure art lapper would like what he heard. i...

>> brian, you first. should legislation be the barometer of successes or accomplishments for those first 100 days? >> theyre part of it. theres no way you can just sort of just wholesale get rid of the legislative conversation. and health care and tax reform are two huge items for republicans that theyve been campaigning on for years. so those are obviously not going away. theyre going to continue pursuing that legislation. the fact that he didnt get two behemoth sized very complicated bills don...

Midterm but it is some kind of barometer. republicans should be worried about what happened in kansas and georgia. what happened to georgia republican party they had massive people running against one democrat, who is decent on the left. left. >> that was a weak showing by the republicans, i think you have to take that as a warning signal. and you have "wall street journal" nbc poll is a came out, showed that dislike among independents for trump has tripled since february. i think that public wa...

Government. one potential obstacle, the white house is still insisting on money for one of the presidents biggest promises, a wall on the mexican border. the oval office, the president didnt sound worried that a shut down could actually happen as he hits 100 days in office. . >> i think were in good shape. >> that was jim acosta reporting and, basically, reporting on the empty promises so far. lets talk more about trumps first 100 days. were joined now by brian class a fellow at the london sch...

With brian class, a fellow in comparative politics at the london school of economics. >> its a barometer of how effective the president is at delivering on his campaign promises. it is somewhat arbitrary but is holding the president to the standard he set for himself. trump set out a contract with the american voter in and he said that he would pass or aim to pass ten major bills by the end of the first 100 days. hes currently 0-10, and were just a week away from the 100-day milestone. its impor...

Promised? >> this is, this is the big question because a lot of the optimism came from business who believe that trump would deliver on his promise to cut red tape and create tax reform. and businesses were very excited about that. but after the health care bill stalled and failed after 17 days, people began to become skeptical and thats why when he yesterday said a tax reform bill is coming next week the stock market moved and effectively no confidence that he will actually do what he said he w...

Clinton disaster. they thought very briefly they might when in kansas. this is a new barometer. they raised $8.2 million in the initial round. they didnt live in the district. they had little embarrassment, 9% of the money came from outside georgia. as a hollywood-based, left-wing candidate, he did remarkably well. no republican should relax. this fight is going to be a real brawl because the left smells an opportunity to win my seat, tom prices seat, three people in a row have held this with th...

Out of a tumultuous year. to be fair to president trump, he hasnt dropped. hes been sort of stuck there. if youre a respect, especially in a state that can swing back and forth, the presidents at 40%, youre going to back up a little bit. >> i also think that watching a politician like that is a good barometer for trying to figure out how much real power is in some of these town hall meetings and the sort of -- is the democratic party really as energized as the detective would have you believe. i...