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What is there that donald trump can use as a trigger to gen up his base. as you know in off year elections its really, really k difficult, for presidents, even popular presidents from ronald reagan to barack obama, reagan had a disastrous midterm in 1992 followed by a disastrous midterm in 1996 when the democrats took back the senate by winning a lot of seats in the supposedly solid republican south. theres still a very, very long way to go, but i must say, mike, ive been extraordinarily disappo...

The last week and a half. when i can call for decency and civility all day long, im not the president and im not running for office. this tactic that the president used over the last week did change the tide for kavanaugh. >> absolutely. i think what youre going to see, what we saw last night is what youll see for the next 28 days. the president is trying to keep this anger, this resentment, out into the public and say this is why you need to vote. this is what you need to get excited about this...

That process is over. my focus now is to be the best justice i can be. i take this office with gratitude and no bitterness. on the supreme court, i will seek to be a force for stability and unity. every american can be assured that i will be an independent and impartial justice, devoted to equal justice under law. >> kavanaugh is easily the least popular nominee since robert bork. new polling shows that just 41% of americans wanted him confirmed while 51% believed that he should not be on the hi...

Consolidating. >> lisa, i know you were out in michigan talking to americans who intend to vote in the midterms. give us your report from the field starting with who you dealt with, who you spoke to. >> so i was out in michigan today talking to democratic activists and voters there and getting a sense of how they feel. you know, i have a theory about politics that a lot of people share, which is that losers vote more than winners. grievance outweighs gratitude. so i wanted to test that theory a ...

Second summit and some issues to only be nailed down by the leaders and that i have a willingness from kim jong-un to let the inspectors into the missile test site, and are we moving ahead in a way that no one u could have predicted when they first started in singapore? >> well, we are certainly moving ahead, andrea, and where we are heading to is not entirely clear, and there is no question that there would be a second summit, and the president wants it on the calendar as quickly as he can, and...

Way and vote for him? >> and do republicans keep up this energy, right? because people usually dont go to the ballot box to say thank you. >> judges, especially. >> they won. so can this anger and energy keep up for four weeks? goodness knows what will happen. >> the president certainly hopes so. thats been a consistent message. talking about impeaching judge kavanaugh in the next term, if the democrats take the house. but the president has said repeatedly in his rallies, listen, look at this li...

About half the speech praising the work that the audience does every day. the white house had billed this speech as one focusing primarily on law enforcement and border security, but, of course, trump took the opportunity to hit some of his favorite midterm themes, unemployment rates, fake news, congressional democrats blocking his funt iding, and most of all justice kavanaugh. because as we know, trump and his allies have been hoping to use the bitter confirmation battle we just saw unfold as a...

Before cruz. chris stirewalts politics editor, and former white house press secretary or ari fleischer. we just picked out those three, chris. if you look at the polls that come out this week about enthusiasm, democrats and republicans and the p.r. marist poll, up to 82% on both sides. >> of the volume goes to 11 on this one. we were just having a discussion call and talking about what we expect turn out to be. honest to goodness i cant tell you right now what kind of a turnout situation we are ...

My point is this, we need to have a president that will consult with congress, the united states senate before he makes thosedominations and have an open process. not restrict himself . >>chris: how big and issue will this be in the midterms if democrats have already been mobilized. republicans are saying you gave them a political gift by your opposition and this will energize republicans. >> i think it will boil down to concerns whether we will protect the gains we have made on healthcare. cons...

I wanted to ask you about that senate race in particular. i think we have a fox news poll basically tied with claire mchaskill is the 46 and josh holly at 45. now theyre both at 46. why do you think this race is still so close as we get so near the midterm? >> dana, this is one of those races that the kavanaugh vote, the confirmation will have a huge impact. the race is close, almost tied. hawley is one of the candidates thats bet his fortune on getting kavanaugh confirmed and on the supreme cou...