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Security and others trying to make it a reality. >> look, i dont think anybody should be taken by surprise that this president takes border security very seriously. i mean, i think the idea that theres anybody over at homeland security whos questioning his commitment to the border -- of course they -- >> fair enough. >> but i think bringing this back to the politics for a minute, i think what david said is absolutely true in that the base does react to all of this. theyre not going to love const...

Out so that when they head into the midterms youre not having this sort of still very divisive divide among democrats. >> the challenge for the leadership to take back the house, they dont necessarily need to move to the center. it will probably be a base election in the midterms that are roughly two dozen seats that hillary clinton won that republicans have occupy those seats in those districts. if the base turns out, the republican bases turnout, maybe they win back the house in the midterms, ...

Educated women from the suburbs. >> you hit the key. haas the key. the same can be said for ohio, where trump is doing better. there will be an increase in the turnout of white, working class voters. in this state four years ago, mitt romney won the working class counties outside of philadelphia and still lost. thats the key. if hillary clinton wins the sush ush, whether its here, in columbus, in virginia, in the northern part of virginia, the i-4 corridor, in florida, these are the key areas. t...

Traditional states that are going to be battlegrounds in the general election, places like florida and ohio, arapahoe in jefferson, county, which is critical to winning a place like colorado, it could prove more problematic for him as a general election candidate. >> bob, what do you say to that? i know you love him but dont you want to win the white house? >> we definitely want to win the white house and thats why were endorsing ted cruz. where i would disagree is that this is going to be a bas...

And kept them going. they couldnt have gone past those very first primaries, despite the anger and the support that they had, if they had not had the money, karen, and that was the differentiation. of course he has an unlimited budget. >> and hes also got -- he starts with unlimited select. donald trump is essential low a disturbance in the force. and the question -- in what we are all expecting to be a base election, whoever wins is going to be the person who turns out their people. what republ...

You know even listening to jeb bush talking about americans needing to work more hours. well, he hasnt talked about the pay disparity. you showed the clip of him in detroit talking about, you know these are things we need to be paying attention to. pay attention to for what purpose? what is the solution after you pay attention to them? we all know theyre facts. what are you going to do to resolve them? i certainly dont think theres any room for a progressive agenda for hillary clinton on the rep...

Than before. >> is there no longer any realistic possibility of dialogue in washington leading to attitude change? >> there would be. there would be. the republicans just won an election based on it being a base election. they think even though the electorate will be different in 2016 than 2014 the republicans think they won that senate back. they won that midterm election because they went to their base. >> but there is room for consensus. >> theres always room. the number one job of the presid...

In november? its a midterm election, and you talk to people on both sides who are working the campaigns, it is a base election. so do you think that it also might have the flip side effect and that yes, theyre going to fire up the republican base, but they might also fire up the democratic base in favor of the president, in favor of their democratic candidates, because they might be so angry about this? >> well, i dont know. you know, i completely buy into you saying that its a midterm election....

Some nebulous republican alternative. can republicans keep up the passion to say that even 1 in 10 want it repealed? >> they can keep up the passion. i think for a lot of republicans, conservatives and for a good part of the voting block the base of the republican party, this is not a question of rational politics. this is theology. obamacare is now the surrogate, the stand in for everything they hate about obama. it doesnt matter what the facts are, it stands in fee. hes for socialism, hes agai...

11% of people want to replace the affordable care act with some nebulous republican alternati alternative. can republicans keep up the passion to say that even 1 in 10 want it repealed? >> they can keep up the passion. i think for a lot of republicans, conservatives and for a good part of the voting block the base of the republican party, this is not a question of rational politics. this is theology. obamacare is now the surrogate, the stand in for everything they hate about obama. it doesnt mat...