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34r employed by democratic senators and by the virtual mob that has assaulted all of us in the course of this process has turned our base on fire. i was talking to two of my political advisers yesterday about the advantage that these guys have given to us going into these red state competitive races. and were pretty excited. they managed to deliver the only thing we had not been able to figure out how do which is to get our folks fired up. the other side has been fired up, they have been all yea...

For the mid terms? >> well, look, i think the question is how much is he going to talk about this? ive been at so many campaign rallies that president trump has held in swing states and mainly red states across the country, and he actually rarely talks about the economic news. he opens it with a little bit but the rallies sort of become a list of grievances. i think many republicans would like him to talk about nothing more than this. im a little surprised weve not seen the president yet at all ...

Kavanaugh to people like convicted sexual predator bill cosby, guilt by association, what the aclu claims to stand against. >> if you are not the vending people who are unpopular, why do you still exist? >> we are doing that right now. look at a case in new york where we are defending -- you made this country bitter, now youre making it worse because you abandoned your principles and you should be ashamed of yourself and i mean that with total sincerity. it is totally true. >> fired up. aclu pol...

Firing up both bases, and what we are finding in an npr and pbs and maris poll is that the gap between the democratic and the republican enthusiasm has narrowed since it exploded on the scene and really indistinguishable and both looking towards the midterm thes are fired up, susan? >> and the republican officials tell me that once judge kavanaugh came into the hearing and he was so defiant and angry, it reunited the republican voters and ginned them up in a way that they had not been, and that ...

Like very few people who have preceded him in what he ran on. thats a refreshing change of pace for america. mark: these news reports talk about how the democrat base is all fired up. and how the republican base is relatively passive. im starting to see a change in this. there is potential backlash that the media are so one-sided and so over-the-top that the democrats whether hearings for what ever is taking place the attacks on ted cruz and other conservatives and republicans who serve in the a...

Kavanaugh has been treated? >> yes, exactly. thats why im saying it could backfire on democrats. a lot of republicans feel that judge kavanaugh has been mistreated. they think its a political show, its a scam. they are all fired up. president trump is fired up. hes going to be out on the campaign trail campaigning for the potentially vulnerable republicans. so this will fire up the base. if they thought they could stay home this time around, they are not going to. jon: joe manchin has not yet sa...

Heard. and her charges taken seriously. david? >> but terry, just to confirm, it would be the president who would have to call for that fbi background check to be reopened? >> reporter: thats right. and so far, he doesnt want to and neither do the republicans. and judge kavanaugh would not go along with that, either. theyre afraid of the delay. >> terry moran leading us off tonight. terry, thank you. and when it was his turn to speak, judge brett kavanaugh came into that hearing room, fired up...

President me. >> bret: in the questioning with senator feinstein, he got the better of that exchange. he seemed -- she didnt even use all of her five minutes at that time. >> lets go back on the fbi talking point, demanding he say that. he made it clear he didnt care who investigated it. he wanted a chance to be heard. from her point of view, youre right, bret, that went anywhere on that side. >> i were one of the nine democrats, id be a little bit cautious with how hard i go after this guy. he ...

Special counsel. he pled guilty to two charges related to his lobbying work with ukrainian mines. what does this mean going forward? gillian turner is live in washington with that. reporter: president trumps former campaign managers plea deal has things all fired up. democrats are hoping its the beginning of the end to the trump administration. >> this send a message to anybody in the cross-hairs of robert muellers investigation, you better make youre deal now. the longer you wait to come clean,...

Democracy when we are not participating, we are not paying attention, we are not stepping up, other voices fill the void. but the good news is in two months we have a chance to restore some sanity in our politics. [cheers and applause] >> we have the chance to flip the house of representatives and make sure the real checks and balances of washington. eric: tiffany, he quotes, we have a chance to restore sanity in our politics. >> yeah, i think its really challenging to have intelligent discussio...