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Base wants to hear. i think the fact he brought that up, the standing to the national anthem and saluting the flag is of course a reference to his criticism of football players who have not done so. that is something that is really resonated with voters for president trump and it resonated at that cpac gathering. which some have said quite rightly, president trump is now the undisputed leader of the republican party. and conservatives and other from his base are very excited to see and listen to...

Base wants to hear. i think the fact he brought that up, the standing to the national anthem and saluting the flag is of course a reference to his criticism of football players who have not done so. that is something that is really resonated with voters for president trump and it resonated at that cpac gathering. which some have said quite rightly, president trump is now the undisputed leader of the republican party. and conservatives and other from his base are very excited to see and listen to...

Agenda can be undone. what was your sense from the presidents speech? >> its all about the midterms. hes achieved amazing things. he said today that he kept more promises than he actually made during the election campaign, which was a great line. but hes doing his stuff. he got tax reforms through just before christmas. very, very important. but he needs to make sure that he keeps majority of both of those houses in the midterm. i tell you something. i shared a platform with his in mississippi b...

Laney khan is here and michael star hopkins is here as well. michael, why dont you take that first about motivation, thats essentially what the president is saying, that he needs to get his party motivated. im sure he knows and you think that yours already is, right? >> i understand his base is with him no matter what. i have no idea what the rest of the republican party is do. im not anti-republican. i am anti-garbage human being. donald trump, he continues to be fail, he continues to be a terr...

He keeps majority of both of those houses in the midterm. i tell you something. i shared a platform with his in mississippi back in the presidential campaign. he went around the country speaking to big audiences. hes a wonderful motivator. but told i saw a president who was using humor, who was light, who even told a joke against himself. and i think if trump goes around the country in the runup to these midterms and performs anything like he did today at cpac, he will keep his momentum going an...

Agenda can be undone. what was your sense from the presidents speech? >> its all about the midterms. hes achieved amazing things. he said today that he kept more promises than he actually made during the election campaign, which was a great line. but hes doing his stuff. he got tax reforms through just before christmas. very, very important. but he needs to make sure that he keeps majority of both of those houses in the midterm. i tell you something. i shared a platform with his in mississippi b...

Democrats. whats the premise there and do you agree? >> i agree with the headline that they put out is fairly salacious. i agree with this. the democratic, the future for this party depends on whether or not they can compete in base elections. if they can get it done in the midterm and can they get back these voters that he lost to donald trump? can they bring these folks home and put their coalition back together? because if they cant, if they continue to be at incredible deficit at state level...

After two days ago, perhaps a reference to the listening session. >> we know the president loves this kind of environment and it did provide him a platform it tout the accomplishments he thinks will be productive for republicans running in the midterm later this year. if youre a republican running for office, you might be able to pick out snippets from that piece. i want to go back to the polarization that chris was alluding to. you have seen this real activism among democrats on the gun issue t...

The speakers chair again. this is a great year for the democrats and we fail to put together a unifying message and put together positive solutions. this should be a strong midterm for them but for a party that desperately needs a makeover the obvious solution is to get rid of nancy pelosi but she is not going anywhere. i dont expect her to step down all that we have seen calls from people in her party to do so. todd: the amount of rhetoric around that tax bill is just insane. it was end of the ...

Disrupt. its kellys job to show him he can actually govern. >> and susan page, youve been following this house and weve watched this president at campaign rallies. that was a campaign rally today. >> that was him in his element, right? he talked for -- we thought he was going to make a big announcement about north korea sanctions. he talk forward more than an hour before he even mentioned them. >> he never got to the text until the end. >> he talked about his core issues. talked about the wall. ...