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States when we are not on the east coast. one of the things thats true and so important for people to understand is yes, democrats can shut down the government. chuck schumer shut down over daca, it still doesnt get taken care of. mitch mcconnell can have pressure put on him from inside of his party it still stunt solve the problem. it is because of the faucet that is on that katie is talking about. how do you deal with those difficult policy issues. then you can build a wall and do these other ...

Stephanie. >> i appreciate it. >> when you talk to regular folks who are voters, economics plays high on the list of major concerns which is interesting given we have such low unemployment and one of the things that democrats are really taking seriously is discussing health care, what they do about obamacare. talking about this for two years now. "the new york times" is reporting that republicans are suddenly running ads of preexisting conditions and protecting them. scott walker is doing this, ...

Did which is to come in early and say im the big foot. >> neil: the president obviously the remarks he made about her and stormy daniels and horse face remark not scoring brownie points with women. im wondering whether there is a strategy here to say that he is going to divide them, that women are going to be divided and their interests are such among all other candidates that they are not necessarily drawn to elizabeth warren and kavanaugh. they might not be a lock for whatever the democratic c...

Great, he made the promise succeed, great. but lets talk about his personal decoro more or less talk about healthcare or something else. >> and i think that you hit it right because ive sat in a lot of focus groups. even a lot of people that like the president, particularly blue-collar states do not like the tone and rhetoric. that is number one. number two is coming to the president and the party are too easily put off message for the present likes to move on to the new instead of reinforcing e...

Somebody from the past in politics. i think generally speaking the idea of somebody in their later 70s who was out of the business for a while. bob kerry tried to come back. i dont think people want to bring people back. >> i actually -- i would have agreed with you prior to -- >> i thought i was agreeing with you. sorry. >> i was shocked that it was the first time that weve had focus groups where strong trump supporters went out of their way trying to justify voting for phil in tennessee. and a...

To women that are not republican women? are we saying we dont believe you? hes saying oh, yes, its professionally organized smear campaigns when a woman comes forward and says i was sexually assault order harassed? thats just morally wrong. >> what do you think it is then? >> the republican party doesnt care about you. were seeing focus groups saying republican women are saying theyre more concerned about their sons and husbands getting accused of sexual assault or harassment then their own daug...

Person. whether or not a concept resonates, which is why, jake, donald trumps statements about him seeing himself in this moment is going to form a lot of people, good or bad. >> can i just add to that and pivot on what you said, john. that is exactly why there is -- there are a lot of similarities between now and at ir trkanita there is a big difference. the allegations were about two people in a workplace, two adults. the allegations now are about something that allegedly happened 35 years ago...

You tell them to punch the bully in the face. >> nicole: are not gonna say what i say in my house. >> greg: martial arts. >> nicole: i say defend yourselves, whether its verbally or physically. >> dana: why college students dont vote absentee. i love this one. focus groups on many -- found many college students will go through the process of applying for the ballots, fill it out, register, but they failed to mail them because they do not know where to get stamps. >> greg: its a fair point. juan,...

Point of fake news to a point its causing a real problem for republicans because their voters dont believe the democrats could win congress. >> a month ago i reported in the same newsletter based on focus groups that -- republican strategists were getting concerned because they were doing focus groups of trump voters and saying, fake news. we dont believe the polls. its going to be a blue wave. and that was worrisome. >> and trump is obviously out there saying red wave. red wave. thats troubleso...

Harm. with 50 days to go until the midterm elections, a group backing president trump is reportedly warning that his cries of fake news is hurting republicans. over the weekend trump tweeted, while my poll numbers are good with the economy being the best ever, if it wasnt for the rigged russian witch hunt, they would be 25 points higher. highly conflicted bob mueller and the 17 angry democrats are using the phony issue to hurt us in the midterms. this as the "new york times" reported that amer...