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Is a huge galvanizing factor, particularly for democrats in the midterm election. how do you weigh those two things? if abortion do ranking so low, how can it also be this big, galvanizing factor? >> yeah, well, thats where i think the partisan breakdown is so interesting. abortion overall is not near the top in terms of issues animating voters. look inside the democratic universe. thats what youre seeing in this column here. these are democratic voters. actually, its number two. its the second ...

With world. hes been doing that. we have those people. to ask for them to be in our politics, in this particular moment of polarization, its tough. and i hope that 30 years from now, we can look back at this moment and say, you are the folks who really stood up. you are the heroes in our politics. >> its a great thought, this idea of, if you think about it, how often have you heard the phrase that history will judge us? how will history view you? i wonder sometimes about whether that has any per...

I often wonder whether that have any persuasive value to people, especially in politics. the idea -- it means you have to have shame, right? im going to be so embarrassed and scared that i might be judged badly today, that im not going to do today what i want to do. but i dont think that shame is that motivated, galvanizing factor for people they think about as how can i become that next great hero. >> well, shame is the stick. but you have to keep in mind that the carrot that bill russell would...

Talking about a few districts and only a few states. i spent the last month traveling around the country and the only thing people are talking about when i ask them what theyre going to vote on in the midterms is $5 a gallon for gas. that was even the case over the course of this weekend. i was in pennsylvania during the weekend and when the ruling came out and i spent the time talking to an abortion provider, a doctor who actually said, look, theres a potential that this galvanizes the other si...

Thats a passion issue. i think of carver, it is the economy stupid. and that joe manchin is probably correct. >> seen that as a galvanizing factor. >> fencing around the supreme court building by way of one example. people are very hot about this issue. when p it comes out presumably will i next month, there will be so much time between then, summer and fall campaign. it is just impossible to tell. >> thank you for your time

Decisions about their own bodies and what about the next set of rights that are going to be under attack. >> is this a galvanizing factor for democrats who believe, especially when comes to the upcoming midterm elections and the enthusiasm that democrats need so much. there is a lack of enthusiasm, the polling shows, by democratic voters. >> look, i think there are people like as you described yourself who didnt think this day would come. and who tonight are realizing that its coming. its here. ...

Pa-18 where connor won the district he shouldnt have, that went 20 points for trump. the next thing, the foil for conservatives, that is hillary clinton. >> the last question to you, loni, president trump traveling to cleveland, he did a business round table and talked about the tax plan mentioned there. what is the appetite, as you see it, for president trump to play a role at the vanguard, have a role here in the 2018 midterms to be talking about the tax plan or any number of things. do candid...

>> well, two reasons. it unifies the republicans that nothing unifies the republicans more than hillary clinton and nancy pelosi both of whom are making the cameos on the campaign trail this year, and the other reason why is that frankly, it is reminding a lot of independent voters about aboy clinton, about her campaign and the failings of the democratic party. that can only be the advantage to the republicans. its a twofer, motivating republicans and demoting others to support democrats. >> not...

Head. african-americans make up 26% of the electorate there, of the population there in alabama. he got 30% of african-americans out for this vote, which was incredible. i want to put up on the screen how they broke for these candidates. as you see there, black men and black women, over 90%, well over breaking for doug jones. 92% of black men, 97% of black women. and i wonder, areva, whether that had something to do with comments made like this by roy moore. take a listen. >> i think we were gre...

The left really needed a victimpvictim victory. interesting to see how they absorb this, process this. when it didnt look like they were going to be able to defeat a nominee, its going to be a mobilizing, galvanizing factor. >> let me go back to kelly for a second, kelly, if youre there. we need to catch up on what happened this afternoon. the president standing with benjamin netanyahu, prime minister of israel, and being asked about flynn, general michael flynn and what happened there? what was...