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Those four the face of the democratic party because their polling numbers are so low, i think he thinks if he can show the every day american that this is the new face of the democratic party that it will be not good for them in a way. >> reporter: so campaign officials tell me to expect that kind of strategy to be on full display tonight and its interesting because if you remember, chris, today was originally supposed to be mueller testimony day. >> right. >> reporter: so the campaign planned t...

They have been with the democratic base. we ended up seeing democrats win independent voters in the 2018 elections, saw democrats win over moderate votes. the path to success for democrats is pretty simple that they keep enthusiasm at equal or a little bit more enthused going into 2020 and also that they continue to win over the middle of the electorate. this is where it kind of gets into the strategy or as annie ended up putting it the reverse strategy here where all of a sudden if they can try...

To do it again, but, boy, its going to be kind of like pulling an inside straight once again like he did in 2016. >> annie, you quote a political scientist at uk davis, he told you, the president and the republican national committee know if you prime attitudes toward democrats you are more likely to win their votes. its a very effective strategy. is that whats at play here? >> one thing i want to just stress here is that this is a little bit of a reverse engineered strategy. the campaign did no...

About medicare for all. >> how many of you like your employer based healthcare. if i come along and say you cant have it anymore. thats what medicare for all does. you cannot have it, period. number one. there is a hiatus spot in between, by the way, how long its going to take. >> sanders accused the front runner of spreading lies straight out of the republican playbook. here is two critical conditions why this matters, first, polls consistently show healthcare is a top issue for democrats and s...

National political reporter monica alba, "new york times" white house correspondent annie carney and wanda summers. great to have all of you here. annie, we mentioned your article and i thought this also from your article was particularly fascinating and important so im going to quote it. brad parscall has been telling people that its very hard to persuade voters in the current hyper partisan political landscape. mr. trumps reelection strategy instead is to solidify his base and increase turnout...

During this speech. and the president may have given us a preview of his line of attack this morning, tweeting out a lengthy quote from republican senator john kennedy calling the democratic women cranks and whack jobs and insulting their intelligence. but why is the president so eager to breathe new life into a couldnt certificates sri that many critics including some members of his own party have called racist? well, it may actually be part of his campaign strategy. as one of my next guests wr...

Are not our values and its not similar from what were hearing from democrats on the campaign trail. >> we mentioned that the president is going out tonight for one of his reelect rallies. moni monica, what are trumps base saying about these attacks? >> weve actually talked to people who have been lined up here since the early morning hours and the resounding message is the same, these supporters are not phased or bothered at all by the presidents latest attacks on the four congress women of colo...

Thats right. and what brad parscale is saying there is that his theory of the case for 2020 is that there is not a lot of voters out there left who dont have a hardened view of what donald trump is and who he is and so the best way to win is to get big turnout of their supporters in states like wisconsin, pennsylvania and florida and not necessarily to win -- persuade or win over large swaths of new voters. >> i was going to say, mark, thats always been true, its always been true especially when...