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Pull up clintons, pennsylvania 54%. both of them are leading the polls, maggie. it defies logic in my brain. >> it is unusual except if you look at what happened in the midterms last year. you had a lot of candidates in senate races and gubernatorial races where they had higher unfavorable ratings than they had approval ratings. i think the toxicity in terms of the conversation, in terms of politics right now is very high. and it is sort of bringing down all boats for lack of a better way of put...

To see the ben carsons, the carly fiorinas and the donald trumps getting much of the republican base support. it will be interesting to see how they do and handle policy on the debate stage on wednesday night. >> tremendous reporting as always, thank you both for being with me. up next, details in the tug-of-war between federal agents and local law enforcement dealing with undocumented immigrants with serious criminal records. theres no one road out there.

Looks like it will probably be favorable to same-sex marriage. shes trying to clarify this when shes clearly trying to drum up as much base support as she can. shes got to make clear on this number one social issue. shes clearly trying to make a play for elizabeth warren democrats as well. this is all part of that. and, look public opinion has shifted. it shifted since she took positions in 08. >> the current president of the united states has changed his position. i think millions of americans ...

The dean op-ed, which we have not fully been aware of except entirely. but the thing that jumped out at me, he said base support wins elections unless you drive it out of the mainstream. so, yes, the republicans have an activated fringe which is driving their agenda off a cliff but the democrats dont have that. we dont have a left that is driving us outside or driving dems outside of the mainstream and making it hard to get elections. so im not quite sure if theres a parallel with what theyre ca...

Donors will look at courtesy and second guess their decision, maybe get a little skittish about endorsing someone this early or backing someone to the hilt. >> i actually read this in the "federalist" which you published, the money primary is really important. as sam wases saying, in the same way his base has been kind of the beltway media and his base in the republican party has really been kind of like hedge fund guys in new york. right? right, ben? thats where a lot of these, quote, base supp...

>> i actually read this in the "federalist" which you published, the money primary is really important. as sam was saying, in the same way his base has been kind of the beltway media and his base in the republican party has really been kind of like hedge fund guys in new york. right? right, ben? thats where a lot of these, quote, base support is. >> exactly. thats -- i think its actually just going to lead us to a situation where 2016 is all the more open for republicans in terms of the field. y...

Something jonathan capehart said on "hard ball". >> hes a smart guy, that jonathan -- >> he noted that the president hasnt done a great job of being a cheer leader for his own message because its difficult for him to do that. you need third party validators doing that. we saw during the campaign that bill clinton was able to articulate a stronger message than the president himself. with respect to economic growth in particular, when you have elements of the presidents base, african-americans sti...

>> reporter: good morning. we just saw the mayor come in. he has an air of confidence. carol, what theyre going to do is debate this motion at city hall. the motion saying that the mayor should apologize to council and the city for misleading it. but they want the mayor to step down for a period of time to take care of what many admit, including the mayor, has been a very chaotic percentage life. having said that, the mayor and his supporters still saying that they absolutely do not think that h...

Itself. it displays sufficient fervor. thats why there is no talking them out of it. elect republicans and they will burn the place down. and they like the sound of that. and they will laugh while they do it and now were left to figure out what happens next. joining us now is dave wiegle, the political reporter for "slate.com" and a long time reporter on the conservative movement. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> good morning. you covered that lynn westmoreland speech to ...

Political reporter for slate.com and a long time student reporter on the conservative movement. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> you covered that speech in 2010 before the election. hes already asking for base support for a shut down. when were you covering that at the time was it weird in the moment? or did it seem like kind of expected rhetoric? >> reporter: in the moment it was very coherent for a lot of the reasons you laid out here. and some of the quotes you were playi...