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Quinnipiac poll shows if democrats retake the house 65% of democratic voters say they should proceed with articles of impeachment against the president. if its not wrapped up by the midterms, no indication it would be, which party does it help and hurt? >> well, first of all, i think as your previous guests, there are no democrats -- there are vanishing few democrats running on the idea of impeachment. they want to run on primarily on health care and tax cut and that is kind of the argument. i d...

Republicans openly arguing not only that sure there was collusion but who cares it was fine, everybody does it but even ffs a good thing and some kind of strategic genius on part of the campaign as the facts continue to refute previous denials and explanations. >> heres ron part of the concern among trumps lawyers, the presidents legal team and why it seems they want the mueller probe wrapped up now or yesterday really. listen to giuliani this morning. >> if he does not wrap it up by september, ...

Dont get border security after many, many years of talk within the united states, i would have no problem doing a shutdown. >> except republicans in congress would have a problem doing a shutdown, especially if it were only about a month about the midterm elections. and as they found out the last time around earlier this year, it is not so easy to blame the other side for a shutdown when your party is in power. as oklahoma republican congressman tom cole told "the new york times," quote, were go...

The generic ballot went from a virtual tie to nearly a double-digit preference for democrats. 80% of the american people blamed -- disapproved of the shutdown. 53% blamed republicans compared to 28% who blamed obama. and the midterm took a different complexion. it was horrible for government but a boost to democrats. now heres the fundamental difference. number one, back then the republicans did this, not in an election year. they know they cant shut down the government in an election year. now ...

Going on here. the president tweeted over the weekend hes willing to shut down the government if he doesnt get the money for the wall and some big-time immigration reforms. in the process, he may force republican leaders, thats his own party, and candidates into a fight they dont want to have, particularly with these midterm looming. but we know it is an issue that has been at the top of the presidents agenda since he launched his campaign. something he made clear again during his weekly address...

Causes that they actually believe in. >> there is a question of turn out. every midterm more than anything is about people just being not at all interested and not coming out to vote. a few studies found 13.6 million people of 10% registered voters voted in democrat primaries and by this point, fewer than 7.4 million people or 6% have cast ballots. traditionally midterm turn out we know has been really poor. >> is this indication of all of us talk about enthusiasm especially on the left and we a...

Going on here. he wants to get people excited about the midterm. >> so doug, should this presidential threat be taken seriously if youre a republican on the hill? >> absolutely. hes done things before which did not appear to be in his narrow interest. look at the tariffs. i think one of the lessons he learned earlier this year is hey, you can shut down the government, it doesnt hurt the economy. people always say you dont want to disrupt the economy. he did it, the economy is growing fast, so it...

Months. and also they know something that he may or may not acknowledge which is that if he shuts down the government, thats bad for them. hes not up for election. but they are. and so they really cant afford to take the risk of having a big government shutdown even over the border wall, even if its popular before this midterm. so, you know, again, sort of like, you know, lets throw out a bunch of empty threats. lets put everybody thats on our side into a terrible political bind. and then, you k...

Themselves to trump, it would be good. donald trump has 42% approval rating. if its not better than that, its over. there hasnt been a president whose party didnt suffer in the midterm elections. normally the presidents approval rating at this point holds to the election. the one time it didnt happen was jimmy carter. we still have 100 days to go. at this particular point its bad for them. >> independence, a whole other piece of the puzzle, right? >> exactly. were talking about donald trumps bas...

I think that were going to end up taking the majority because of that. >> the economy, the economy always an incredible motivation in any race, midterm or general election. and this strong economic report out this past week with the gdp at 4.1%, the economy is growing at the fastest pace on record since 2014. so this will be an advantage for republicans. does this mean democrats will stay away from this, find a way in which to see this as an asset for you? what? >> no, i think obviously a lot of...