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Closer to anybody to the president. its worth pursuing. the press will continue to pursue it. sam stein, i point to the state of new jersey where taxes are huge and its a big burden and its a huge voting issue for a lot of resident theres. tom mcafter sure the republican lost his seat. he was the only person in new jersey to vote for the tax bill. so clearly it hurt a lot of people. >> yeah. is it correlation or causation? he was one of the principal authors of the house bill, the obamacare repe...

Process, i was the one that got an ear full from members when i proposed and recommended that we go to a national day as opposed to what we currently have and move it from the fall to a time that voters can better access is dark at 3:00 in the afternoon, 4:00. make it easier to happen be on the record. >> i think the one thing of voter progress in the election is making it easier for registration and ex felons and flip seats people say this has to be a voting issue itself. the power of the vote....

And there have been ted cruz supporters. orourke said if he is to win the state of texas and the senate, he has to win tarrant county. we have been talking about early voting numbers and more than 40% have already voted. the balloting tops 465,000. its much higher than past mid-terms and higher than the early vote totals of 2012, a presidential year according to administrators. the question is where is energy and enthusiasm going? we see a burch of beto supporters, but we have to see how it wrap...

Were within single digits and last monday came out we were within one point. >> let me ask you this because we have heard this from some republicans. my colleagues have heard this in the field. an exhaustion with some of these national issues. an exhaustion with hearing about the presidents rhetoric, et cetera. when you speak to voters, what do they say is the voting issue for them this year? >> a lot of it is change, because a lot of the fourth district, regardless if youre democrat or republic...

Talking to constituents, are they telling you that their voting issue is, for instance, the rhetoric of steve king or even the presidents behavior and rhetoric? or are they saying to you, listen, for me, its about health care, for me, its about tariffs on farm products. of course, a key issue in the state of iowa. what are they saying to you by and large as their voting issue this year? >> well, and thats the thing. for the last 15 months, we have gone out there three different times to all 39 c...

Earlier in the segment, the president is outside the box of republican orthodoxo trade. he doesnt want to communicate on immigration. this is a pretty mainstream republican position to say rip up obamas iran deal and get tougher. >> republicans did not support the iran deal when president obama negotiated it. they applaud president trump getting out of the deal and also the fact is that foreign policy is generally not a major voting issue. this year is not an exception. we are looking at gap up ...

Gun violence is a non-partisan issue. we need solutions that are da databased and cant get those unless we fund the gun violence research. one important thing to remember when trump says the on thing that would have been able to protect these people is armed guards, when they say the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, what they are trying to do is sell you two guns. >> what are you-all doing to try to focus this as a top priority issue for voters? because the...

Is it just that simple? is there stuff underneath? >> theres definitely stuff underneath. >> is the red tide resonating a little bit? >> a pac today said it was too hard, they tried to raise $10 million, they could only raise $250,000, theyre pulling out. i dont think thats been as resonant an issue. i think the economy, im shocked thats not a bigger issue, even for rick scott. he should be running away with it, as good as the economy is. >> thats because its murky. the economy, the numbers look...

It? >> i mean he -- >> its tough to ignore this gigantic international crisis. >> the president has been surprised by how large is reaction is, and so he is reacting in part to that. but that reaction is not coming from his voters. it is coming from congress to a degree. it is coming from the press. it is coming from the washington circle that he does have to pay some attention to, and in part because his son-in-law is sort of in the mix here. >> wrapped up in this. right? >> but it is not yet i...

To vote as though thats their primary interest. >> the deficit is way up. >> way. >> way, way up. and predictable when you have a massive tax cut, right? you heard mitch mcconnell yesterday blame that on sending as opposed to reduced tax revenue. if the tables were reversed, if it was a democratic president, republicans would be running on deficit spending. of course it is not coming up now. is this a voting issue in these midterms? >> i think health care is much more a voting issue than testify...