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Sexiest issue but most practical, its healthcare. its not political, either. its everyones kitchen table. how come no one realizes that? >> yes. the number one issue in the polls for a long time is that healthcare sun resolved. democrats have had an edge on healthcare. and i think they got wrapped um in fomenting more support from the base and not understanding that its swing voters in suburban areas and working class districts that will really decide this upcoming election. they, oddly enough, ...

Extreme tactics. americans are not going to vote for the party whose message is impeachment and investigate. investigate, investigate kavanaugh and impeach the president or impeach kavanaugh, too. americans are going to run from that and break maybe with tradition and not rebuke the party in power. right? >> well, i read in the 98 messaging and in 98 because the republicans went too far, we gained seats. i have think here the democrats coming out of kavanaugh have energized conservative base wha...

Republican leader of the house quit and so there was nobody out there to create a republican message. so i think he probably helped more than hurt. but i think actually its the democrats here who so far we have shot ourselves in the foot here going overboard that actually provided republicans and your show with more talking points than you can imagine for the next three weeks. brian: we thank you for that lastly bernie sanders does an op-ed and he talks about single payer healthcare and how that...

In the water. if conservatives because of the kavanaugh issue, now are fired up and turn out, this election we are looking at in november could be a very different election. ainsley: is that your message today to those folks that are watching they might be busy that day. sometimes its a decision you make that day. especially when its a midterm election. whees your me sage to republicans that are watching. >> democrats fired up. anti trump. they are coming out in droves no matter what. conservati...

Powe k focusing so much on health care. she started pushing a year ago, i think she sees that as one issue that can help her get especially rural older people and rural women on who are very concerned about this issue. ive covered a number of her town halls that she did. health care became like the top issue which is one of the reasons shes been hammering at it before a lot of other democrats did. still, for her to win, she has to have a huge turn out in urban, stc. louis and kansas city. shes g...

Approve this message. >> how is he straddling the line where he is talking about protecting pre-existing conditions yet hes suing to repeal obama care. >> you have to separate the two. pre-existing issue is a 90% issue. 90% of americans believe they should cover pre-existing and 100% of candidates believe that. mccaskill people have taken this out of context. do we want to keep obama care? no. do we want cocovto cover pre-exg conditions? yes. >> theres no current plan thats out there thats being...

He wasnt going to be ladder climber. hes already running for the united states senate. now he is running on obama care. the very issue he tried to take out with pre-existing conditions. h this is a real problem for josh hawley. he says one thing and does another. >> is that ad convincing? >> i think its probably convincing some. i think its convincing enough that the democrats either her campaign or national thats come in, they have been running an ad saying hes a liar. they are actually using t...

Revamp of our relationship with saudi arabia if it turns out they were behind this. trump, the secretary of state, national security adviser all engaged now. took them about a week to get publicly engaged on this issue. we see a full throttle effort. they are offering assistance if needed in investigating it and are insisting the saudis need to come clean. josh, thank you very mump. next up, turn to the razor thin senate race in missouri. steve kornacki will break down the numbers for us. im goi...

At washington university. >> thank you for joining us. >> when you come out and you are here because you are registered to vote and you care about the issue, what is the issue top of your mind? >> $15 an hour and $31,000 a year minimum wage in missouri is probably the most important, intersects with racial disparity in the city of st. louis and throughout the state, intersects with poverty that is endemic in our city and in our state and in our country. i am pushing, looking for politicians comm...

That. in terms of the kavanaugh issue, what the kavanaugh issue does for republicans is not all republicans love donald trump. you might find that hard to believe, kelly. a lot of conservatives that voted for donald trump, the one thing that united that entire block of voters is the supreme court. the kavanaugh vote has done an amazing job of pulling republicans together. i think it holds and i think we turn out election. if we turn out in missouri, josh hawley will be the senator. >> part of th...