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>> with the kavanaugh battle now over, leaders in both parties are turning to rallying their base to get ahead of the vote next month, the midterm vote. which side will take their message to the voters? which side will be more successful? lets talk about that with our amazing panel here. what do you think? van, ill start with you. >> first of all, im still, i think, pretty heart broken. this was a collision of two nightmares. one nightmare is your daughter is attacked, nobody believes her, the o...

Westwood. we know the president went golfing today. how are the white house and republicans celebrating and capitalizing on this momentum after what is really a huge victory for them? >> reporter: well, alex, president trump has spent the past couple days basking in the success of senate republican efforts to put now justice kavanaugh on the supreme court. at his rally in kansas last night, trump dedicated most of it, not just touting the confirmation, but also promoting some other big wins weve...

Is a totally brilliant scholar. greg: totally brilliant scholar. thats not just brilliant but totally. in a victory laughing, trump has a midterm to get through and laid out the choices. president trump: you allow the wrong people to get into office, things could change. they could change and they could change fast. you dont handle matters to an arsonist and you dont get power to end angry left-wing mob. [laughter] [applause] greg: wait, hes not done. he has more. president trump: democrats want...

For our democracy that exists for a reason. the underpinnings of this cultural uprising we have are very valid and i believe that. but the underpinning when the mob is undervalued. the under pinnings of our democracy are elections and accepting the outcomes. that is what republicans are talking about here. i dont think the republicans or donald trump are framing this in any way at all. i think the mob itself is showing americans they are not willing to accept the outcomes that come from our demo...

Millennials. the 18 to 34-year-olds. they have been registering in some states in record numbers. for the democrats, i think it is females and it is millennials. if they going to succeed in the midterm, i think those are the two groups that are going to place heavy emphasis on. for republicans i think the republican party will go back to its base. president trump is coming this week, if you are in pennsylvania we are talking a working class voters. places where the old mining and mill towns were...

Is a totally brilliant scholar. greg: totally brilliant scholar. thats not just brilliant but totally. in a victory laughing, trump has a midterm to get through and laid out the choices. president trump: you allow the wrong people to get into office, things could change. they could change and they could change fast. you dont handle matters to an arsonist and you dont get power to end angry left-wing mob. [laughter] [applause] greg: wait, hes not done. he has more. president trump: democrats want...

"would disagree with the premise that the right is energized. i think the entire country is very energized right now. >> fair enough. look, the reality is youll see republican candidates talk about promises kept. theyre going to be talking about those issues. i think theyll probably head into a high turnout midterm overall. i wont dispute the fact that they are energized. they are. all you have to do is look at my twitter feed. i think youll see the republicans talk about promises kept. >> let m...

Open question. the idea that susan collins knows for sure that he will not be or feels assured by that is disingenuous. >> we also know, ariane, the supreme court does sometimes change settled law and did in the last couple of years. >> just last term they overturned 40-year-old precedent. thats what the other side says to susan collins, look, theyre overturn president. i have to say as the person who covers the supreme court and doesnt cover politics, to listen about the impact of this on the m...

Whole fight so far is actually helping the go prk ap and the s races but not necessarily the house races. whats your thought here? we are only really 24 hours past what had happened, the confirmation of brett kavanaugh and how both parties are absorbing the new reality. >> the thing about making a deal with the devil is that the devil backs up his bargain. the devil does not welch. trump has delivered for these people on the things that they care about most. he has delivered racism for these peo...

Saturday. so we are very likely to hear more of trumps victory lap and more of his midterm messaging to voters as this week unfolds. >> yeah, the president trying to make sure that conservative momentum remains in the next 4 1/2 weeks before the midterms. sara westwood at the white house, thank you very much. now, the margin to confirm kavanaugh was razor thin, historically so. just 50-48. no matter how small, this is still a major victory for president trump. in less than two years, hes appoi...