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Ceiling. >> it is bizarre because it plays into what weve seen the last couple of weeks. weve seen the economy, the trade war, weve seen his doubling down on racism, its all coming to fruition in these polls and were seeing it go down. the thing about it hes an historically weak president, and as the economy gets worse, his numbers will keep going down. but we have to be very, very careful, democrats have to be careful, because we cant get complacent here. one thing we learned in 2016 -- >> like...

Recognition that turning out passionate supporters in 2020 may be a better route to a second term than trying to attract undecided voters. whats the sense you get from covering this white house, eli? does re-election, does it cover pretty much all of the policy decisions the president makes or does he not consider them a great deal? >> i think overall that is the strategy the president adopts and so does this campaign. its a base election, you have to juice turnout. there are fewer undecided vot...

Hell do that. >> there is a now fox news pole that say president trump is tearing the country party. first of all, i think thats pretty extraordinary. right? its also a big warning sign for 2020 of one would think. >> this is a base election. and hes got to get some, he has to get some independence here. and what were going to see eventually, he has to make it about himself. he made hillary clinton so impal atable that people held their noses and voted for trump. thats part of the strategy here....

It is also a big warning sign for 2020 one would think. >> yeah. this is a base election. he has got to get some independents here. what we are going to see eventually, the strategy is for trump to make the election not about himself but about his democratic opponent. that is how he won in 2016. people held their noses and voted for trump. that is part of the strategy, without a democratic nominee yet he is trying to make the democratic party at-large not palatable and he stepped for a lot of hi...

They are doing what they are supposed to do 16 months out that is plot the strategy in every case. and they know theyre going to be battle-ground states that can come down to getting out the vote. this is going to be a base vote on both sides. unquestionably. and the trump team is amassing a massive fortune in small dollar donors as well as the big stuff. so theyre going to be ready, going to have everything that they need. and you know, the economy is doing well. and people gave the economy ver...

Week for republicans perspective its like watching the texas chain shaw massacre so fun because theyll be destroying each other and a lot of fun to watch. the problem with the democrats is when their policies like raise your hand fucht to give legal immigrants-free health care and everyone raises the hand. the policies are going to haunt them come nextier. and if the economy is doing well. people can only put up with trumps antic if they dont like them but the policies for the democrats are dest...

On a limb. and, you know, i dont think you can take seriously his walk back this morning. i absolutely think thats under pressure from people inside. the president is playing to his base. he thinks its going to be a base election and frankly it has worked for him before. in december, 2015, he called for the muslim ban. you know, we all kind of were taken aback by that. but his poll numbers went up among republicans. so the president has tapped into something in the republican party and clearly f...

About the congresswoman from minnesota. what did you take away from the data that there explained a crowd of men, women, and children chanting that at an american citizen that a member of congress should be sent back to the country from when she came? >> the republican party is changing attitudes within the gop have changed. i think its a testament to how much presidential leadership matters for better and worse, the president can change peoples public opinion. look at what george w. bush did af...

Saying he thinks there are very few undecideds. its more about purely a base election. turn out people like you that maybe didnt come out to vote last time. its true in 2016, people came out to vote for donald trump who have not voted in several cycles who are not picked up by many polls. he is counting on that again combined with a good economy to try to thread the needle to get a second term. its obviously a dangerous strategy. not only are you risking rebuke from your own party which he has g...

We are done there. she doesnt want to do that she will play games with this stuff. they had teeth last night. republican unity very strong. this is a base election. reuters poll showed that republicans support actually went up for the president after this weekend. for me, personally, it was not about race. it was about patriotism, love it or leave it is not racist in my opinion. but, the democrats, they are kind of in a tough position. because, if you are a swing state democrat in a county that ...