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6-point positive movement for muellers approval rating. democrats and republicans have stayed about the same. this is what happens when you pursue a base strategy. so if giuliani goes on fox news and donald trump tweets out fox news segments bashing mueller, theyre talking to the base. but what is happening is that independents are trending away from trump on everything in this poll including on this issue. >> muellers not talking, hes only speaking through indictments and court actions. theres ...

Independents have moved six points to his favor in just the last month. this is coming from -- this is sort of the backlash, if you will, to the base strategy that rudy guiliani and donald trump have been employing here, going on fox news, talking about this, appealing to the base. you see independents fleeing from the president in everything in our poll, including in the russia investigation. >> very significant. and gloria borger, the president nonstop in recent weeks and months, going after m...

And we are going to find out whether it is useful in election. in a box with trumps endorsement because she is tied with him like on tariffs which are unpopular in tennessee. and make it is difficult for her to do the straddle and win over the soft trump voters. >> that is a conservative state. a lobbyist said it is just as conservative as texas. and do you want to nationalize a race like that if you are her, blackburn? >> it depends on the candidate. if it is a base strategy, and trying to supe...

Election. in a box with trumps endorsement because she is tied with him like on tariffs which are unpopular in tennessee. and make it is difficult for her to do the straddle and win over the soft trump voters. >> that is a conservative state. a lobbyist said it is just as conservative as texas. and do you want to nationalize a race like that if you are her, blackburn? >> it depends on the candidate. if it is a base strategy, and trying to super charge the trump voter and run a turnout campaign, ...

A lot of republicans we talked to yesterday said we interpret this as a message. theyre sending a message to republicans saying, its fine if you want to align yourself with president trump and his trade policies but theyre trying to remind republicans theres a cost and the cost is their support in this case. >> the tennessee primaries tomorrow, youre writing about how marsha black burn who is wrapped herself in the trump flag could be in for a bigger fight than expected. >> she is facing a two t...

His own family, as they fight for sort of what the priorities and the message of this re-election should be. whats winning now and what is clear is what you just talked about in the last block. clearly donald trump is running a base strategy. he thinks his best way to both hold on to the house and senate this cycle and then get re-elected in 2020 is by mobilizing the coalition that turned out in 2016, which are working class whites and people who traditionally dont vote in presidential elections...

Counsels credibility but also want to paint trump as a victim of this liberal witch hunt. and in doing so, his bases trump as a victim and themselves as a victim. so this is about keeping the base energized and moving them through to the midterm elections, because trumps strategy is a base strategy for the mid terms. >> quickly, gloria, because i heard you say off camera that is ridiculous when we were listening to rudy guiliani there. do you think congress is doing a good job of defending bob m...

This is a play to the base strategy that benefits from polarization and hyper partisanship and allowed the nra to hijack a party and move away from a clear broad consensus to the american people. this is a decisive issue. we had an assault weapons ban in this country. kids do have the opportunity to elevate the debate in a way that didnt occur after sandy hook. president trump deserves credit for taking a step yesterday apparently on bump stock. >> and background checks. and he may be open to ra...

In fact, were not going to reopen negotiations on illegal immigration until they reopen the government and give you our soldiers and your families the benefits and wages youve earned. >> im sorry. we got the wrong tape there. gene, what do you make of this the fact that theyre brutally using this, saying the soldiers are not getting paid, but the politicians were? >> well, a lot of tough talk. this was a base issue for trump. and whenever -- when he met with schumer, for example, and made a wall...

Upon learning this president upon year one in office is the lowest of any in the modern era of presidential polling? >> it shows hes got real problems with his mid-terms and 2020 should he run for re-election, most likely. but the other thing, brian, it tells us something about this first year we didnt know before. on election night last year popular vote he got what, about 47% of the vote? you know, most presidents would have said im going to use that and try to build on that, expand my followi...