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Itching to go up against nancy pelosi who would become speaker of the house again. the thinking with nancy pelosi as his political foil, he can fire up his base into a second term. for a president who plays more whackamole than 3d chess, call me skeptical. he just wrapped up a rally in florida to support hopeful ron de santas. the president in trying to rationalize voter i.d. claiming you need to show an i.d. to buy groceries. i obviously doesnt shop but for the record you do not. for an old fri...

President that throws it back in the news every minute of every day? >> he does, whether its by design or dumb luck, its had an effect for him. hes worn down this investigation. hes worn down mueller. now, hes had accomplices, comey has been the perfect foil here in destroying the credibility of the investigation, too. nonetheless, trumps relentlessness, the wearing it down, has put it in a precarious position. if this manafort trial does not succeed, this investigation has got real problems. >>...

Republicans keep the senate. more than even most republicans, mr. trump always needs a foil. nancy pelosi would be from central political casting. >> i dont think donald trump wants to lose the house. i dont think republicans want to lose the house. theres a growing sense that it may be inevitable, no matter what they do. theres also a sense that while trump is an asset on campaign trail for most republican senators and senate challengers, because they are in states he won, he is not necessarily...

Is right now. it is solidly behind the president. and as he has endorsed in the races youve seen a shift for the candidates he supported. you saw it last week in georgia with kemp. youve seen it with mcmaster in south carolina and kate airington. his base goes to the candidates and gives them a boost. you see it if florida. >> bill: you heard kellyanne conway put the odds on republicans keeping the control of congress. 50%. a lot of people might feel that way but we came across a few headlines t...

Not welcome the democratic house but he also might not fear it as long as republicans keep the senate. even more than most politicians mr. trump always needs a foil and speaker nancy pelosi would be from central political casting. mr. trump could cut deals with democrats on paid family leave, public work spending and trade protectionism. house democrats could start up the impeachment machinery and once under way the momentum would be hard to stop. but as long as hes safe from conviction by the s...

Mess. lets not blame the players for the political mess that this has become. lets blame the people who are upset that we cant talk about racial injustice in this country. >> given the stats, who would get the benefit of the boycott? would it be donald trump for destroying the nfl for not kneeling or would it be african-americans who want to not stop black players from protesting the injustice. >> we have to consider that 70% of the players are african-american, we have to see that they can vote...

Wait, he is going to start a war with iran if he feels like you is on the political ropes, that is his edge. >> with any previous president if you woke up to this tweet you would think that he belongs in a padded cell, but with president trump this is business as normal. b >> dominating the obsession, and he was hurting. so lets distract with a new topic, in this case it is iran lets find a new foil that may be all of us will focus on and we will forget that there was a summit in helsinki last w...

New topic and in this case its iran. lets find a new foil that maybe all of us to focus on and forget there was a summit in helsinki last week. >> you think hes just doing this as a diversion? >> this is wag the dog time in washington, d.c. and its kind of a crude attempt, frankly. >> as you know, as far as north koreas concerned, the president made the threats, fire and fury, the likes of which we have never seen. >> thats right. kim jong-un in singapore as you know. should he consider sitting ...

These things are no longer under michael cohens control, these things are out there and theyre already in the hands of vefrtsz, theres nothing that michael koern can do. >> and there was that great reporting that -- it wasnt as chummy as people have painted it. it shows how the president has treated michael cohen over the years, coming to his sons bat mitzvah and saying that michael cohen call and begged him to show up and finally he did. really ecmbarrassing things the way the president treated...

The garbage heap and everybody was shocked he did. >> the rest of the top five. elizabeth warren and kirsten gillibra gillibrand. sarah? >> one of two schools of thought. joe biden is someone who can match president trumps rhetorical style to take air out of trumps sails. biden does come from the obama administration. he would carry a lot of the same baggage as hillary clinton did in terms of representing the era of the democratic party that some want to leave in the past. in that sense, preside...