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Theres internal polling that theyre looking at, thats showing the border protection and immigration are key issues for them. the president is doubling down on that. part of being on the presidents team, as i think weve seen pence show, is just loyalty and sticking to that message. thats what pence is doing. hes doing his job. >> and tiffany, in many ways, this caravan and the images that are coming from the southern border plays it right into republican hands just two weeks before this midterm. ...

Pathetic it is. and in that caravan you have in this case thats what some very bad people. governor scott and i attempted to do. you have some very bad people. we did talk on a daily basis in >> bad people. >> theres a lot to unpack in the lead up and through and the that. aftermath of the storm. keep in mind theres no evidence of any criminals in the central i appreciated his willingness american caravan, no evidence to, i think, subside with that somehow democrats are politics as i did. i took...

The royal family. >> now our expectation from them divisive. that was actually a health care going forward is that all those fear. that wasnt necessarily a dev e divisive racist issue frankly. responsible from the highest degree, highest level, lowest the democrats versus 2016 or level, will be highlighted, will be brought to justice. >> and taking stock. 2014 in the midterms have put up dow futures 400 points in the better individual candidates for their districts. red as the october sell-off e...

With us. assistant managing editor for the new york times. what does it say about these midterms that these two guys, lets speak english, who hate each other, were side by side and lovie dovy tonight. what does it say about this? >> well, in a midterm when you have incumbent senators running for re-election, theres a little bit of a dance with the president on some issues. do i depart with the president? this is nothing like this. this is acrobatics like weve never seen. this somebody suggested ...

Turnout, the consequences you staying home would be profoundly dangerous to this country, to this democracy. >> already more than 5 million or early absentee votes are cast nationwide. in texas today, on the first day of early voting, the turnout was, in the words of the houston chronicle, down right shocking, with thousands in line before a key early voting event even opened. very enthusiastic beto orourke casting a vote. trump supporters were camped out ahead of the rally tonight with ted cruz...

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The first day of early voting, nearly doubling the previous record. in fact, harris county saw more to do well, frankly not caring votes on day one than either of about our country so much. you know what i am, im a the 2008 or 2012 presidential nationalist. im a nationalist. elections. okay, you say, thats because >> and they cheer for that. president trump was out there he is sticking to the stuff that campaigning. but its pretty much the same got him to the dance. story all over the place. in ...

Major, how much credit does the president or should the president get for energizing early voters to turn out? >> the president is energizing all voters in an early mformat. this election feels primal because politics feel primal. this midterm election doesnt feel like a standard midterm election. it feels like the next variation of the last presidential election. look what democrats are going through now. theyre going through phases of panic attacks right now about what their mobilization is. h...

Ago. immigration, which you know, you have the -- theyre really being aided by that visual of a caravan and hes throwing a lot of falsehoods out there about what is happening. but democrats, as you know, when youre talking immigration are usually on the defensive. republicans like that issue. they like it for their base. and they really want to get the sort of blue collar trump voters out. the problem in a midterm is not that your voters might go for the other guy. its really indifference. youve...

In 2006 you might remember that ended up being a big democratic year. democrats took the house in the -- and the senate that year. ahead of that election in 2006, this was the response to that question and that poll. democrats showing intense interest in voting that year in 2006, 69% of democrats that year said their interest in voting that year they would rate a 9 or 10 on a scale of 1 to 10, and that far outpaced the number of republicans who said the same thing. the election results followed ...