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Card -- whether its his fault or not -- on some of the ways we judge the presidency, the unemployment, the stock market, consumer confidence, some of the other things. where are we standing in the world right now? >> isis. >> i hate to say it but the way america scores things and the way we score things are different and if donald trump ran for reelection he would win big and that is something we have to manage and if im on the dnc side of things im looking very hard at that. >> elise, your focu...

Destroys the republican party this fall, which hes going to do most likely, then he empowers democrats who they can then run against in 2020 so while donald trump may be destroying the republican party, if the history is any guide, this play be playing right into his hands for a successful reelection run. >> you go back to elises focus group. we all run around here and get very excited and our pants get on fire, at least my pants get on fire with russian collusion and is john kelly in or out and...

They will tell a polster he should finish his work. is that going to be pivotal in the election s? im skeptical. >> i just came back from a round of focus groups for the ash croft in america project in mississippi and tennessee and hardly place thats do not support donald trump. on this issue its such a divide in terms of the news consumption and the news silo and what sources people are getting their news from. and it was the week of the attack in london that gas, the chemical gas that is only ...

American community survey. the motivation here seems to be so a rouse for adding a question that could very seriously depress participation and result in a failed census altogether. it is quite alarming. >> theres no way to predict that. secretary ross says he directed census bureau to put the question last so people arent scared off and the center for immigration studies which does advocate for stricter immigration limits said peoples unwillingness to cooperate was going on before president tru...

Pitfall. >> take me inside trumps base, specifically the family values, white evangelical portion of his base, who were aware of the "access hollywood" tape, they saw all of that and saw past it in large part because issues that matter to them would be affected by the courts and getting a supreme court justice in neil gorsuch is a massive win, the almost record number of federal judges that are being appoint appointed. for that business, up until now they could say listen, trumps will come and g...

The more awkward questions to ask republican members of congress in the hallway during the day. should they be condemning this or telling the president what to do? >> i think no republican should condone it happen intimidation of a woman. she also has alleged she was physically threatened. its unclear who physically threatened her but that should never be tolerated. you look at how trump voters have "r" responding to this. just over the last week i was in mississippi conducting focus groups. don...

Particularly with ben carson. they say, well, hes somebody who hasnt really disagreed with the president. hes kind of mild mannered, not necessarily an alpha male. so maybe he wont be on the chopping block. again, who really knows what the president may wake up and think and want to do one day. >> then the collision of timing is what makes it interesting to me. talk to republican pollsters doing races in the suburbs about their focus groups. suburban women dont necessarily complain about taxes o...

Gets firearm protection. what do kids get? talk. talking points, focus groups, and special interest money. its an absurd conversation. this is common sense. if they want to arm themselves, these teachers, they should be trained appropriately to do so. but it has to be voluntary. brian: my last thought about this, this is for people to marginalize the presidents thought on, this without considering how that would harden the target, is laughable and it gets me so angry. especially when i consider ...

Numbers. let me tell you, you cant get 93% of americans to agree on anything. think about it. just in your regular conversations with your friends here, youve got 93 93% approvef the job the president is doing. the conservative movement is literally found a new leader. we havent seen numbers like this among conservatives, among folks like cpac since going back to ron l aile ronald reagan. [ cheering and applause ] >> and so what do you get? you have nearly eight out of 10, 79% say the republican...

Time that "60 minutes" devoted to giving her the platform to do that. >> the panel started this a year ago. it consists of a small number of people, half of them pro-trump and half of them not to trump. they did a year ago. i really have a concern about doing these focus groups. i know we do them sometimes, but i think theres all kind of potential problems in having a small group like that and trying to make big judgments. particularly a group that youve already exposed to television coverage an...