band at political event. also yesterday he played king maker helping john cox make a runoff in california's gubernatorial race because the president has an 87% approval rating among republicans. it may be all he has. he is not yet on the ballot november. and they are confident with democrats chances to take become th love the republicanertump mo pa. let's bring in today's panel. loie, what do you make of this? is this issue of the president's -- the lack of criticism on the president's expansive use of his pers because of that 87%. >> absolutely it is. in an election year the one thing you need is you need to motivate your base.