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People and their own pocketbook. >> but the problem with that, rick, is you have this march deadline where theyve got to make a decision about a lot of people. theres no such date certain on the calendar for health care. >> but they can extend that deadline, right? >> keep kicking it down the road. that was done because -- >> do you agree with david -- >> because lots of attorneys general are going to file suits at some point. >> do you agree with david that -- >> i dont. p.a. 18, big swing dist...

Phone calls with senior justice department officials last tuesday, wednesday to convey his displeasure and lecture about the white houses expectations. kelly has taken to ending such conversations with the disclaim theyre the white house isnt expecting officials to do anything illegal or unethical. is that a standard disclaimer to append to those kinds of conversations? >> its not standard to make any of these calls. its pretty crazy all the way around. the real bellwether -- >> just to be clear...

A lot of interactions with wray. and i thought this was interesting, this from a bloomberg report. kelly held separate meetings or phone calls with senior justice department officials last tuesday, wednesday to convey his displeasure and lecture about the white houses expectations. kelly has taken to ending such conversations with the disclaim theyre the white house isnt expecting officials to do anything illegal or unethical. is that a standard disclaimer to append to those kinds of conversatio...

He is a supporter of the president. he claims to be trump before trump was trump. so and the president is tweeting as harris has read full support of this candidate this morning. not only going to tout the economy and success of jobs and stock market but political purposes. >> harris: to make sure i saccoene takes that seat. >> hasnt done well in special elections. look at margins trump won in these districts in 2016 and compare them to the march jirns for republicans, even when they have won in...

A match made in heaven will be hoping to see her in more german work and the golden globes are always considered something of a bellwether for the oscars you know so. theyre still in the running there to theyre on the shortlist hopefully going to get a nomination on the twenty third of january well know if its going on what about some of the other notable wins of the evening looking ahead to the oscars ok of all the interesting thing that happened was that i think a lot of people were expecting ...

Seat." you and mack have been doing this for a long time. are the numbers unusual or is that par for the course? >> makes it hard to recruit them when you feel theres a wave coming. if youre a republican consultant youre in great shape because theres tons of money on the republican side seemingly. if youre a democratic candidate youre in good shape because theres an enthusiasm going on in the democratic party, even though i dont think alabama was a bellwether. that does create some enthusiasm go...

Kevin, this is, i know, the $64 question here, and that is the power dynamic when we look at the white house, the rnc, steve bannon, and then youve got, as you just heard, mitch mcconnell. and where this all ferrets out, because you know, during the election we thought the republican party was in flux. and if we were to measure the level of fluxness then, if that was a five, were certainly at what, an eight or nine. >> yeah, absolutely. look, i was speaking with a senior republican aide to a rep...

Elections, then yes, i think the democrats will have a stronger showing in november. >> rick, what about money? rnc seems to be doing okay, but then again, we were just talking about how lewandowski is saying, no, we dont have enough money. go ahead, rick. >> the professionals never think theres enough money in the races. >> thats why were talking to you, my friend. i have to ask you, rick. >> basically, theres got to be more money. but look, its really, to kevins point, you look at the enthusia...

Enough support, enough of a wave, in alabama, as we were discussing, to potentially turn this, and why? >> im hesitant to say alabamas a bellwether. the guy was an accused pedophile. i think that -- you know, when i was in alabama covering that race, i spoke with several republicans, and all of the voters and all of them were saying that if they were voting for doug jones, it wasnt because he was doug jones it was because he wasnt roy moore. i would come back to the special election in pennsylva...

Political personality than president trump. if there are individual republicans up for re-election who really dont want president trump in their districts, he can insist on going any way or pressure them to go anyway, because he wants to remain relevant, or is he going to be strategic and hang back where it would hurt them and play where it would help them? so i think there are different districts that feel differently about president trump. in some places, hes still more popular than the republ...