speech like this 24 hours after showing some leadership, sticking to the script and telling america why we need to send more troops to afghanistan? >> look, one speech is not the point. but it fits into the broader narrative. if you go back to election day and you look at the exit poll. one-third to one fifth of those who voted for trump doubted if he had the temperament or qualifications to succeed. how he has gone from 46% of the vote to an approval rating around 36% is those doubts have been deepened and hardened among that share of the electorate. and everything he is doing has been around speaking to that shrinking base, mobilizing, reenforcing that base but at the price of adding more concern. in the polling in michigan,