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She is a woman. so the optics of it would be quite different and would probably be more right wing than brett kavanaugh. so what is this about? >> i think there is a practical reason and a ideological reason. the practical reason is theyre afraid they wont have time to get someone through if they lose the senate. and thats perhaps realistic. the other is they love to fight when they can create an enemy, and now the enis my the left wing conspiracy. now the enemy is you and me. now the enemy is t...

Maintain control of the senate and even his own job in 2020? >> it is immensely entertaining. it is possibly effective in certainly in certain areas and i think at points profoundly disturbing especially when he continues the attacks on the press as the enemy of the people. this is the type of thing his base likes. this is the type of thing that got him elected, that got him media attention where other candidates couldnt get media attention i think his thought process is it worked for me before ...

Maintain control of the senate and even his own job in 2020? >> it is immensely entertaining. it is possibly effective in certainly in certain areas and i think at points profoundly disturbing especially when he continues the attacks on the press as the enemy of the people. this is the type of thing his base likes. this is the type of thing that got him elected, that got him media attention where other candidates couldnt get media attention i think his thought process is it worked for me before ...

Thats lesson number one. lesson number two, do extreme things that your base likes. that will generate high turnout and that will win you elections. and that 58% number is exactly what is underpinning this. i think you heard corey lewandowski, one of his campaign managers from the 2016 campaign, said as much. thats whats particularly disgusting about what is going on to me is this is not out of their moral desire to stop illegal immigration, this is not coming from a law enforcement standpoint a...

His brand of patriotism. a quote from the president that was in a deposition. the president in a phone call to jerry jones in the fall of last year. this is a very winning strong issue for me. tell everybody you cant win this one. this one lifts me. is he going too farhere? disinviting the eagles? is this still a story or position or branding move that lifts this president? >> trump is about particularly inflammatory when it comes to the nfl protests. the white house and trump clearly see this p...

Yes, there is no question that for donald trumps basis, its good politics. i always keep coming back to this though. being president doesnt mean saying things that your base likes. of course a president this is true of barack obama, george bush, so be mindful of it. but donald trump there has never been a difference between candidate trump and president trump in any meaningful way. and we have not seen that ever before in a president. and ill say in the modern era. because i always put modern er...

Piece about the first 100 days. youre saying for his base, he has delivered tangibles in the first 100 days? >> yeah. well, yes. i mean, he has started up two pipelines. hes reversed a lot of regulation on energy and on climate change own an clean coal. so those are things his base likes. on regulation toward business. they like the tax proposal that he has introduced. but hes going to need legislative achievement to get it done. the health care was a big failure. if i had to grade donald trump ...

Comment, but anger is in the streets of this country. not just in the republican party. >> chris, it isnt just anger. they are looking for a bold leader, change in direction. they know the economy is not going right. newt gingrich has the boldest and best economic plan. hes strong on national security. has a long background of knowledge in that arena and can talk the talk. he knows how to take it to the debate. thats what the people like. thats what the conservative base likes. they want somebod...

They are look iing for a bold leader. they know the economy is not going right. newt gingrich at the best economic plan of any of the candidates. hes strong on national security. he has a long background of knowledge. he can talk the talk. he knows how to take it to the debate. thats what the people like. thats what the conservative base likes. they want someone who is confident that can take it to president obama. >> what will he in the debate that mitt romney wont do? >> he will be sharp and c...

We said we were going to make and these were too ambitious and we are going to scale that back. you stay in and water it down so that way you get a seat at the table, you are still part of the discussion. once the united states pulls out, once we leave, then the rest of the world goes on on its own hook and the united states is over here. the business community of course is worried that eventually when a democrat becomes president again, what happens in terms of the consequences later are much s...