lose if they keep going back to the impeachment. if we want to win as republicans we have to put trump de facto on the ballot. make the case, i think it's accurate, democrats will impeach this president if they take control of the house and i think they can score an upset and energize the deplorables to convince them this is really a trump re-elect. >> when you hear about the economy it's so strong and you hear if the economy is so strong you have good political power. as john king just reported, are there signs to be encouraging. >> yes, on the encouraging side we know donald trump's approval rating is up, that's a factor. if it's near 50% it's not and not anywhere close to the 50% now then republicans are almost certainly cruising for a bruising. the economy that has been good