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Or 15 months. i think annie mentions the attack on congressman cummings and the floor and representatives and the rhetoric about invaders and obviously terrible el paso shooting. we forget this, six weeks ago, people were not sure they thought that may work and a lot of democrats were kind of worry and hes so good at this. it seems pretty clear from the polling we have the work that it is not work. he lost some voters and i see before a couple of focus groups of soft trump supporters and people ...

Base. >> bill kristol, about the polling, do you believe any of it? do you believe any of the national polling? is it relevant to you? >> some what relevant. he does not say where hell be 1 or 15 months. i think annie mentions the attack on congressman cummings and the floor and representatives and the rhetoric about invaders and obviously terrible el paso shooting. we forget this, six weeks ago, people were not sure they thought that may work and a lot of democrats were kind of worry and hes so...

National polling? is it relevant to you? >> some what relevant. he does not say where hell be 1 or 15 months. i think annie mentions the attack on congressman cummings and the floor and representatives and the rhetoric about invaders and obviously terrible el paso shooting. we forget this, six weeks ago, people were not sure they thought that may work and a lot of democrats were kind of worrym and hes so good at this. it seems pretty clear from the polling we have the work that it is not work. h...

Hillary is going to be in jail and that he was going to drain the swamp. he hasnt followed up on any of those. you know, the manufacturing base of this country hasnt come back. so i think alexi said earlier what is his card? his card is going to be to divide and attack and be as nasty and devicive as possible coming from the right and the left against the democrats. and the only way to defeat him is going to be to go right back at him. >> ive got two questions for you. but just first pick up -- ...

Culture. issue? we as a country has done a great on the floor of the united states senate? job of completely objec object g going democrat party debates, during media roundri tables ando forth. but what is there something we can do? absolutely and we have to bring it>> into the public eye for women. >> hollywood. >> culprit. >> internet. >> huge cul culprit. secret one thing to discuss in secret an focus groups but i >> cnn and msnbc, my question want to remind the people the are they so busy fo...

Tank -- frankly i was just out this week. i spent a week traveling the country doing focus groups. in every republican group die at least half of the people in the room were very unhappy with the president. >> half. these are republicans. >> these are republicans. i was very surprised to see how negative people were. look, its things like the shooting. things like the racism. they are feeling -- they are feeling like hes doing negative things to the country and the thing that has held him at tha...

Just first pick up on -- from all that you see in your focus groups, this message about the economy that i hear increasingly from democrats on the campaign trail and smart democrats around this table, that does represent both an opportunity for democrats and vulnerability for trump even with the swing voters you talked to, right? >> thats exactly right because the swing voters whether its pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin, michigan, they can so easily -- and these are folks who voted for obama twice...

There are armed guards. you hear people talk about the dangers. and one of the things that someone made the point over the el paso and dayton days, its not original with me, said no one sesame more i didnt think it could happen here. >> yeah. >> and that is an ambient difference. >> i think john is pointing out something important. and it is this growing sentiment within the country even among gun owners that something needs to be done because the current status quo is unacceptable. and responsi...

So much noise out there. i dont care if it is 24/7 media, a lot is useless, does not really affect the lives of the american people. there are a lot of things that are crucially important that dont draw the attention of the american public. what to we do to make this a top issue on floor of u.s. senate. during the democrat party debates and media round tables, is there something. >> we have to brick i it -- brig it to the public eye. one thing to discuss it in secret groups and focus groups, but...

Momentum going to remain in the couple of weeks before the senate gets back to washington and is the president going to follow through on his commitment this time because remember he said something different after the parkland shooting a year ago. he said he would do this and backed off. >> i think theres a real danger for republicans on this issue because you look at political issues when the republican establishment is out of line with their base and on this issue i think that they actually ar...