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Do. >> cornell, there was a sort of mystery for a while, in the obama era, it was barack obama is very good at turning up the obama coalition when hes on the ballot, but not so much whens not. and i wonder if what were seeing now, its this kind of pendulum thing, where donald trump seems to have the same problem. like, donald trump is not getting donald trump voters out and his base out in the elections hes not on the ballot. >> but heres where i would disagree with you, chris. donald trump is g...

And his base out in the elections hes not on the ballot. >> but heres where i would disagree with you, chris. donald trump is getting his base out, but theyre not a majority, right? donald trump is not a majority president, right? donald trump is an accidental president. and when you look at wisconsin, when you look at pennsylvania, when you look at michigan, he didnt win a majority, he didnt come close to a majority. in fact, he performed -- you know, barack obama would have beat him in all of ...

Looking back if your looking at the numbers, and drill them down a bit you have republicans split about 50/50 right now whether or not they believe whats being said out of the white house, that number increased to over 710. you get your base out, but whether you look at numbers right now, if you really want to get a taste of how someones doing in office, you look at where the independence are going and right now theyre not going with trump. even worse, you see republicans are starting to abandon...

Liza men ninnelli and david ges their wedding photos. the whole way through in the last days of the election, to being the president who wants to see the peaceful transition of power. lets go ahead and give him a chance. i think the advice hes giving democrats is good advice. its also, by the way, advice that bill clint, former president bill clinton, was giving the campaign before election day and they treated him like he was some sort of pariah. he was saying, look, youve got to go into pennsy...

About, the fact she would be the first female president. to sort of bring it back to that. to sort of pull on those heart strings among men and women about the historic nature of a potential clinton candidacy is quite interesting. just the fact we saw the little clip, series of clips you just played of them praising each other. remember, they were very, very fierce rivals because of course michelle obamas husband beat her the last time hillary clinton -- >> eight years ago for the democratic pre...

About the restrigsstrictiorestr. i want to get jay in here. >> this is a way to drive the base out, get him to the bolls when he doesnt have the benefit of a huge voter organization like hillary clinton does. it gets them excited. everyone will say when you look atz the election, enthusiasm numbers are the key demographic that you look at going into the actual voting day, right? how many are going to show up at the polls? how many are going to drive grandma to the polls or take care of the kids ...

Race have everything to do with whether the presidential nominee can get the nine votes in colorado. if it is an exciting person who can get the base out, and who can attract the all important unaffiliated who are one third of the registered voters in colorado, that will make all the difference. were going to see going forward who the republicans nominate and at this point, you know, it is really -- it is up for grabs. there is no clear leader in that race. up for grabs. >> well see how it plays...

That way. if cuccinelli fought back, stuck with the base, got the base out, then maybe he could have actually won this race, that may be the lesson they take. the more established republicans may take another lesson, look broaden the base, appeal to women and minorities. you know, where you stand may depend on where you sit if as you analyze this, as a republican. i mean, the tea party folks may say you didnt fight hard enough. >> i want to check in with john king with numbers. john, what are yo...

Its this unprecedented generational and racial divide in the electorate that really compounds democrats problems when it comes to redistricting. >> now, just seven years ago, weve had a similar breakdown. we just showed the 2006 electorate, you know, was not a particularly -- the white to nonwhite breakdown was not something that was particularly favorable to the democrats. but they won control of congress thanks to doing better than expected among seniors. how much do democrats have to overperf...

Him to keep the enthusiasm, are we going to see that in the polls? has the enthusiasm changed, thats a real test for this ticket. >> thats why they chose paul ryan. youre going to each side is probably looking at this, we need to get the most base that we can. thats how were going to win it. but independents are too small that we have to rely on our base. a lot of people are saying that obama doesnt have the enthusiasm. especially when you look at the youth vote, which is an important number to ...