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People are processing trump differently and i think it speaks to just how divided america is right now, he is doing well with the evangelical voters and republican voters and white voters without college degrees. but the reality is when you are running for re-election and heading into a midterm, you have to bring people outside of your tribe into the trump train. you want to be winsome. and the reality is some of the reasons that people are supporting trump just arent based on style, they are ac...

Time for the democrats. it would be for them about making a statement or stand that helps them or hurts them in the midterm. how do you think its playing for or against them at this point? >> have you a lot of constituencies here and one key constituency is the young people impacted the so-called dreamers. what weve seen, remember, i think youll remember this clearly, nancy pelosi being under sieged as she was trying to speak in san francisco who condemned her as giving into president trump and ...

Theyve taken some unnecessary risks both on tax, and here; however theres no question theyre in a stronger position than the republicans. neil: take the house? >> take the house. i think the senate would the table is unfavorable to the democrats but i do think right now and typically in the midterm of the first election almost any president weve had that is what happens. neil: we shall see mark thank you very much for coming good seeing you. >> thank you. neil: mark penn. to marks point a lot co...

Dont have a system that lends itself to getting stuff done. that was the case even back when we had earmarks. if he thinks that tossing people bridges and crossings and museums that suddenly democrats will support him. he might want to think his midterm strategy. the problem with earmarks is that they are a gateway drug to more spending at a time congress needs to be fiscally responsible.>> what about the argument that if you can just give a few little projects on the side to people, then you ca...

Because someone gave them a project in their district. their campaign for this coming midterm is to make sure the president does not notch any accomplishments. >>paul: anybody here going to - - >> if they give us our hard reform of medicare and social security written into law, we will give them this. we wont care at that point. >> polling shows republicans care about this issue. >>paul: they dont like earmarks. >> they hate them. they are big, bloated government spending. rotten. if trump bring...

>> we just announced, we raised $132 million in 2017, the most any party has ever raised in an off-year year, getting ready for a midterm election. thats obviously going to give us a lot of resources to go across the country into the battleground states. were already in 22 states, building our data and ground game. >> what is your sense at this point about how you will fare in the midterms? >> i knew coming in as chair, that the first midterm of a sitting president is tough on that party. the av...

Whether the issue is worth risking a government shutdown. 57% of the democrats who support daca say it is, and 25% of republicans do. with the potential shutdown looming, the president flew to pennsylvania to tout the economic effects of the tax overhaul, the site of a special election republicans are trying to win, and candidate rick sacone was there to greet the president at the steps of air force one. >> a real friend, a great man, rick sarcone. >> reporter: as the president flies back here t...

Yourself. i think if the money can get behind people, they are qualified. they will make a lot of mistakes -- they wont make a lot of mistakes. the democrats will probably nationalize the election and go have a negative against donald trump. dont really wrong policy because they policy is unpopular. make it about his style, his character. >> dana: thats right. every midterm is a referendum on the party in power. the republicans have their work cut out for them but he also gave a bit of news, pre...

Competitive campaign season. ohio congressman steve sivers is with me. sir, midterms for the first midterm for any president is never usually good. you often lose seats. so youre not necessarily in an enviable position, but have you put yourself in a place where you think youll be able to hold on? >> dana, we have put ourselves in a great place. we set a fund-raising record in 2017. we also went 5-0, winning every competitive special election, every special election where we had a republican on ...