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Course, so well see if thats a winning strategy or not. the problem that senator warren has, i think, is she drives the democratic party too far to the left. and so if you look at her support among democrats, its really high. she enjoys good support among democrats but not so much among independents and republicans. if you look at her broad base support, its not that good. shes a polarizing figure. im not comparing her to donald trump, but her support base is essentially where donald trumps is. ...

They possibly could from within the republican party to destabilize this president and is he more popular than ever before with republican voters. is he now at 50% approval rating amongst all voters. now they just go off into the sun set not being senators and governors any longer. griff: thats interesting, corker and flake also gone. do you still believe more in power. >> couple taking office in the next few months. we will see. very little oxygen for them in this republican party. the base of ...

Resolved in the next week. >> the only way the is resolved is if trump backs down. he is doing the bidding of his far right base. there was a deal and it was going to avert the shutdown. they went crazy and then trump capitulated to them. this is the only part of support that he has. he cant afford to lose that. if he loses that base support and those conservatives who are so vocally opposing the deal, if he loses them he has nothing left. >> you cant just help remember this was the core of his ...

Is like a unicorn. but the reality is that youre right i think they were able to bond on issues, maybe they dont have the same faith but certainly issues of faith. and theyre both very thoughtful gentlemen i think at the end of the day. i think that helps a lot too. >> thvg was part of your first answer. without the midterms looming and without flake already having a ticket out of washington none of this happens. >> no. if jeff flake had decided to run for re-election it would have been a very d...

Looming and without flake already having a ticket out of washington, none of this happens. >> if jeff flake decided to run for reelection he would have faced a different set of pressures. he would have had a difficult time doing this. he would have never gotten the republican base out to vote for him. in a mid term election you need that base support. if you dont have your base with you you are not going to win. jeff flake realizes this was only possible given this unique historical set of event...

Is like a unicorn. the reality is that they were able to bond on issues. they dont have the same faith. they are both very thoughtful gentlemen. >> this was part of your first answer, without the mid terms looming and without flake already having a ticket out of washington, none of this happens. >> if jeff flake decided to run for reelection he would have faced a different set of pressures. he would have had a difficult time doing this. he would have never gotten the republican base out to vote ...

Once again, reporter for role call, simone, great to have you back with us. what does this say this nunez trip about how republicans plan to proceed with the russia probe the fact that he went oversea, tried to set up these meetings with british intelligence agencies that refuse to see it? >> 83, i think it says a certain faction of republicans are really dead set here on investigating the investigation. >> that is something that is not going away. its something a lot of their base support. that...

No, you can look in the overseas contingency funding bill of the pentagon, they are spending 49 plus 17 in base support for their efforts in afghanistan and its wrong and its much cheaper way to do that for all the talk about pakistan abusing the united states. its true. but because of the pentagons very thirsty, very hungry footprint we can never actually choke off pakistan because they can choke off our supply line. the president should appoint a special presidential envoy effectively a bankru...

Overseas contingency funding bill of the pentagon, theyar are spending 49 plus 17 in base support for their efforts in afghanistan and its wrong and its much cheaper way to do that for all the talk about pakistan abusing the united states. its true. but because of the pentagons very thirsty, very hungry footprint we can never actually choke off pakistan because they cany choke off our supply line. the president should appoint a special presidential envoy effectively a bankruptcy trustee.us the p...

Spending 15 billion-dollar. no, you can look in the overseas contingency funding bill of the pentagon, they are spending 49 plus 17 in base support for their efforts in afghanistan and its wrong and its much cheaper way to do that for all the talk about pakistan abusing the united states. its true. but because of the pentagons very thirsty, very hungry footprint we can never actually choke off pakistan because they can choke off our supply line. the president should appoint a special presidentia...