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Existential question right now. how are we going to answer that question? are we going to say, yes, we are like everyone else and we should be held accountable like everyone else, or will we continue to say washington operates under its own set of rules. one could argue donald trump got elected, one of the reasons, because they were sick of the way we were doing business in washington. thats a sentiment thats real. and i understand that. >> you were the nassau county d.a. a lot of people voted f...

Themselves which is why donald trump got elected. we need a media that can report things, they need to look at themselves and see what they did over 20 years. thats on "the washington post" and media to focus that attention on themselves, not blaming the president on who got elected before that situation if the first place. >> as far as im concerned theres nothing in these stories by "the washington post" and specifically theres other stories that have come out recently that have been disproving...

Religion as much as it is tribalism. donald trump got elected, noah, not because people liked donald trump but because they disliked hillary clinton more. this has been the story for american politics for 30 years. you dont vote for somebody. you vote against somebody. everybody knew what donald trumps flaws were. but more wanted to vote against hillary clinton in the states that mattered in the end than wanted to vote for her. here with roy moore, i dont think a lot of people are going to be vo...

Forward on foreign policy. rob: jen, let me read that. here it is, every time he sees me, he says i didnt do that and i believe, i really believe that when he tells me that he means it. so thats it right there. chuck, what do you say to this? give me your response? >> i think our national security advisers have told you exactly whats going on and that russians meddled in the election. thats how donald trump got elected. he has to come back and walk it back, i cant really say it that way. what yo...

The reason this has potential implementations for 2018. think about to election night last year. donald trump got elected. we were talking about that class divide. that 40 point margin that trump got with noncollege white voters. were seeing the other side of that tonight. youre seeing the college degree half of that, the suburbs here in virginia, northern virginia around richmond. youre seeing turnlout that we did not expect. zoom in. this is the d.c. suburbs and go through. ed gillespie, basic...

Country right now. >> i want to make sure my vote actually expressed my disdain and disappointment with our president. >> do you have a prediction? >> gillespie. >> you think so? >> yep. yep. >> polls show it pretty close. >> did the you see what happened last year? the polls -- yeah. >> msnbc and nbc news national political correspondent steve kornacki is back at the board. we have missed this, steve. bring us all the top lines. what are you tracking? >> why would you doubt the polls? i have no...

>> dave weekle is a political reporter for "the washington post." christine queen, the vice chair of the new york state city party. and noel rapport, author of "branding america." this is a big day for republicans, so lets start with you. obviously getting the budget passed is the first step toward tax reform. and theres questions, will it get done. do you think it will go through? >> yes. theres one thing republicans do agree on is the fact that our platform stands for less government, low regu...

The occasion. and then you have a lot of these republicans who swallow hard and in my opinion, compromise their integrity in order to try to get some things passed. and one of the first things that i said the day after donald trump got elected, i wrote for cnn.com, i said yeah, bishd jumping for joy as a republican now, we have all three branches, but at what cost? and jeff flake really articulated that in a way that was eloquent and spot on. >> bob corker as well. >> bob corker as well. ive got...

Than hillary, and it the least we can -- well have an agenda, we have all three branches of government, and we can get things passed through like tax reform and repeal of health care, and get something in there. its like the conservatives dream. i said, you have to understand that donald trump has no conviction, no conservative conviction, first of all. he has no loyalty to the republican party. he is there for himself only, and he probably didnt actually want to win. and now hes in a situation ...

Economic growth in our nation, is at 3.1%? i mean, these are cold, hard facts pointing to very positive things. but they dont want to tell that story, bob. >> thats right. thehill.com has talked about these economic issues and how they are a benefit to the president because its fair. the economy is down, we write that, if its up, thats something that helps the president. no matter who the president is.e that is how bill clinton got elected. he focused on the economy. that is honestly where hilla...