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Majority to get a bill to my desk. that is not 50 plus 1 majority. this notion that we should function sort of like karl rove, where we identify our core base, we throw them red meat and get a 50 plus 1 victory. if we want to transform the country, though, that requires a sizable majority. >> the problem is, mika, i know were talking about what they passed before. then massachusetts happened. then middle america ran away from this bill, moderate democrats ran away from this bill. make no mistake...

Intense core base. >> real quick, do you think hell be a primary? >> he might be. that will be interesting to watch. historically among modern presidents who have been prim y primari primaried, most if not all won a second term because theyve been weakened by their primary challenger. its an interesting calculus for republicans thinking about taking him on. >> kevin, i can see you agree. you are shaking your head. absolutely. >> he will be. >> kevin and tessa, stay with us. we have more to talk ...

Look at the numbers that core base of trump support is for example for pardoning manafort is 18%. you can go hard on that. you have to be careful of the corruption numbers. because that message is starting to breakthrough. if youre running for office especially for congress in a swing district, you move away from the manafort -- mueller should continue. thats the safest way of going. youre not going too far from the president on that. sessions should stay in. >> speaking of the poll. there is a ...

Saying we are separating children from their families and many of these families are seekingseek asylum which is legal. we are already seeing vang va evangelical voters which essentially makes up trumps core base. we are seeing a dip of the polls for trump in this area. to blame this on democrats isilly and i dont think anybody believes this. it is solely on trump. >> president trump wants a tighter border security and he wants to curve illegal entry, where are republicans on giverigiveing him t...

These policies lets not forget that immigration or a crackdown on immigration was one of the key issues for them and trump in his election campaign was one of the main reasons why people voted for trump so it seems clear that even though moderate republicans didnt like this and they fear that it might hurt them at the ballot boxes the core base of supporters they want to correct on illegal immigration they want more restrictions on gender on immigration in general and they want on the trump all ...

Schmidt, put your gop hat on for a moment. if what dan is saying is that muellers making it clear hes not trying to trap the president. hes laying out what he has and everything hes trying to figure out. we know that the president might send out disparaging tweets that attack the institutions because it works for his core base if he wants to blow the investigation up. but if you are republicans sitting in office who have no previous ties to trump and no ties to russia and you see where mueller i...

Cases. many gop have felt very country frtsable f uncomfortable for him. but the core base is there. for saccone however, he has not been a very energizing candidate which is why someone young, someone more fresh like a conor lamb has so much momentum. even some of the traditional attack ads that have worked well trying to pin him to pelosi have not helped that much. so what were going to see tonight and of course on tuesday is whether or not that trump brand is going to translate well even with...

Taxes and make the country less safe. i dont see those great deal making skills at work. thats something that would be acceptable to a core base of republicans, not his core base, but the more moderate republicans and get democratic support. its a matter of how far will he take that ball down the field before he, you know, basically pulls it away and ends the conversation. >> in that poll, 20% of democrats listed immigration as a concern. you may not have a two-way street on that. lets get to ...

Just has tado with the chaos, don. i think the people -- sure, its rhetoric and hes been communicating to his core base of constituencies, you know, not broadly to the middle or to democrats. and people feel like hes been very partisan, that hes attacked everybody across the board except for his base, and that he hasnt governed in a way that people are used to seeing presidents do. this has been a very concerted base strategy by donald trump. and so -- and he suffered for it. but theres -- liste...

The media to the voters themselves are ready to see this election actually happen. anybody who is going to be voting today is going to be particularly passionate. this is a special election taking place in an off year, mid december, right before christmas. doug jones is hoping that he has the wind in his sails and the energy he believes he created over the weekend with rally after rally pumping up the troops will carry over into the voting booths today. he really needs every vote he can get. he ...