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Measure that would stop all of that in its tracks. >> why do you think they wont do it? >> i think that they are afraid of angering the trump base, which is the republican base. and we cant make that distinction anymore. this notion that there is a trump base, which is different from the republican base is inconsistent with all the polling i think that weve seen. they are concerned about making sure that their base comes out, that their base votes in november, that their base is behind them, tha...

They are concerned about making sure their base comes out, their base votes in november, that their base is behind them. people who have to deal with the primaries. i think at some basic level, theyre afraid of him. >> do you understand that base is motivated primarily or in large part by racial animus. >> im not sure about that. i think theres a lot of fear that this president has certainly stoked and he has certainly used race as a mechanism to engender that fear. but i dont think that is a pr...

>> what do you think about that? >> you dont build a hurricane wall when you see katrina five miles out from the shore. theres a basis to conclude that bob mueller potentially could be fired by this president. lets put in place a mechanism that would prevent that from happening. think about the chaos that would be unleashed in there country, the constitutional crisis that this nation would go have to face and undoubtedly then have to try to endure. you can take this preventive measure that would...

"spoke to roy moore of alabama last night for the first time. sounds like a really great guy who ran a fantastic race. he will help to #maga!" >> the political skis are hard to navigate. >> senator strange thanked the president for his support. >> the fault always lies in the candidate or head coach of the guy holding the ball. thats my responsibility. >> moore displayed a revolver during a campaign speech and road to the polls on horseback is favored to win back the general election in this sol...

Respond. keep in mind, this is a complicated case. to the republican faithful, the base votes, the conservatives who listen to a lot of talk radio, this is all rote, been talked about over and over again. for everybody else, you have to go back and figure out the case, who was juanita broderick, what did bill clinton do or not do. what did hillary clinton do or not do? unless you can make that case succinctly, the whole thing leaves people mystified rather than drawing them to trumps side. >> on...

>> both of them have the ability to expand outside of the republican base votes and other constituencies the gop needs to reach to win. we can argue whether marco rubio is better isnt thats jeb bush, but they clearly have that ability, i have lived through a murder/suicide pact when the dean campaign got into in iowa and we both lost because of that, it was one of the faster, there is a with of that in the way these two are starting to go after it. jenna: interesting admission. you are not afrai...

Immigration in a real way were proud to do it, getting problems like the environment dealt with, rebuilding the country, doing it, none of this is getting done. all they do is sit around about these scraps of history they focus on and think they can make the biggest deal out of. i know benghazi was a tragedy, but there are a lot of tragedies growing every day in this world that they are not paying attention to, like the planet, the fiscal policy, and the failure to have a decent immigration poli...

Democratic base votes, theyll win the election. but theyve got to worry about independent voters and even moderate republicans, and there are, as you know, moderate republicans in the philadelphia suburbs and the columbus suburbs and the cleveland suburbs. they are all over. there are still 40 or 50 moderate republicans who hold congressional seats, and they need the support of moderate republicans and independents, and when they look at this, they might say to themselves, gee, i sort of like my...

Rape or life of the mother, these are not uncommon differences that candidates have and dont share some of the detail on those exceptions. this is the platform of the republican party. it is not the platform of mitt romney. >> not the platform of mitt romney. platform of the republican party. how does he sell that one? >> i am not sure how he sells that one. when you go to patricias point how he has to simultaneously court his, you know, extremists of his own base and at the same time court inde...

The proportion of minorities double from 12 to 26. and can you argue that mathematically ronald reagan couldnt have been elected with the electorate that these guys are facing. so thats why you see the obama campaign jumping in there, up this morning in colorado, nevada, florida. but theyre also pursuing an hispanic strategy in non-obvious states, ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, looking for these pockets. obama has a campaign within the campaign, they call it operation vote and it focusses on swin...