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Welcome back. with less than six months to go until election day senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is warning that the upper chamber is absolutely in play in the mid terms despite a challenging map for the democrats. while democrats have historical trend on their side to win back the house the race appears to have tightened nationally since the start of this race. republicans had a 13 point lead on the generic ballot compared to just 3 points these days and they are not out of the woods wit...

So, you have one guy has a deportation truck. so another guy has a deportation bus. and then this guy says he will do. and then this guy is going to, you know,is he going to legalize 50 caliber machine guns. they are going to push each other and keep pushing each other. part of this is about trump, yes. another part of is this. our primary system rewards pandering. we have a primary system that encourages pandering because have you got to find the lowest common denominator because thats where th...

Shannon: time for your real news roundup, tom stier targeting middle america with his latest round of ad buys, he bought advertising on roseann set to air later this month in pennsylvania, michigan, ohio and wisconsin, he pledge support of $30 million into the midterms races on ads this mothers day warning which compares young republicans to neo-nazis. >> it wasnt until i met his college buddies that i realized it might be too late. only a mother can catch the signs early. this mothers day, talk...

Elect people from the extremes. most people in the country are in the center. they find themselves waking up everyday thinking about things other than politics. when they do think about it, they want a congress that can work together, can compromise and get things done. thats not what we have. we have a system where we elect people on the extremes, and the people in washington are not representative of those people who just want a congress that can get things done. >> when you get gerrymandering...

Disruption. people were seriously looking for disruption. ive got to wonder personally about the empty coffee can they chose to shake things up in. they were looking to shake things up. there was no way that hillary, master of every detail in the universe. i was at her campaign events she would explain and explain and explain and explain and explain. and trump just showed up. you know, with a lot of noisy rolling stone tapes and flag e waving and hugs and promise of greatness. >> all right. in y...

Donald trump has ever reached. >> yes, thats true but it was for a smaller period of time, of course. i think what david is getting at is in 2012 there was a two-tiered primary system, in which it was mitt romney and mitt romney challenger dujour. it is a lot different this time. we have 16 candidates. ten are serious people at one point or another were considered possible leading presidential c contenders. you have created a situation in which everyone is waiting to see the field narrow down. w...

Is in 2012 there was a two-tiered primary system, in which it was mitt romney and mitt romney challenger dujour. it is a lot different this time. we have 16 candidates. ten are serious people at one point or another were considered possible leading presidential contenders. you have created a situation in which everyone is waiting to see the field narrow down. when we get to that point in time, i do believe thats when you will see trumps favorabilities and numbers decline a little bit. people wil...

Trying to break through and get in that top ten. how they deal with that amazingly maybe what matters most. joining me is rick wilson and founder of intrepid media. i see that its so fascinating for unintended consequences and thats that the rnc engineered a primary system that they were designing to have some kind of control and get rid of the theaters and fox news had the cut off thats now meaning that candidates have to be polling as a certain amount and that changes how you run the campaign....

That you hear anything about the candidates like graham is when donald trump insults them. trying to break through and get in that top ten. how they deal with that amazingly maybe what matters most. joining me is rick wilson and founder of intrepid media. i see that its so fascinating for unintended consequences and thats that the rnc engineered a primary system that they were designing to have some kind of control and get rid of the the theaters and fox news had the cut off thats now meaning th...

>> reporters were able to reach him before the voice mail filled up and he said probably getting a new phone. iphone or android? donald trump is not just in first place but dominating and the point that the only time that you hear anything about the candidates like graham is when donald trump insults them. trying to break through and get in that top ten. how they deal with that amazingly maybe what matters most. joining me is rick wilson and founder of intrepid media. i see that its so fascinati...