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Shut down the government again? >> two-thirds of the democratic caucus voted for reopening the government. clearly a third of the caucus is running for president in 2020, speaking to the activist base. i agree with matt. i think a solution that covers the complicated issues of immigration is better than just the 800,000 dreamers. you should get a long term -- >> dana: maybe we can send you two in there -- >> dane a i think the idea of the daca community this is controversial for republicans and conservatives. giving one person amnesty is a controversial sufpblt donald trump deserves credit for...

House and his activist base, which really believes that giving any sort of status to these daca young people as amnesty which is, you know, betrayal on their part. but i must say this, anderson. i do believe that they are going to get something done and the reason i believe it is because it would be a political calamity for the republican party at the end of the day not to do something. i watched this really moving video of this gentleman being shipped out yesterday after 30 years here, and back to mexico, and it just tore you apart. they don't want that multiplied by a million on television g...

Compromise. and he has to decide how much he is willing to match his words that he wants an agreement with his actions or how much he is going to get jerked back by this group in the white house and his you know, activist base which really believes giving these any sort of status to these daca young people as amnesty which is, you know, betrayal on their part. but i must say this, anderson, i believe they are going to get something done and it would be a political calamity for the republican party at the end of the day. i watched this moving video of this gentleman being shipped out yesterday ...

For your social security and your medicare and other programs, they may well think, well, gee, you know, this is not so good, you know, donald trump got a whole cake and i only got crumbs but at least i got some crumbs. >> i think that's a good point about -- i think that's a good point about popularity because i do think there's been a lot of focus on 2027 when taxes go up. most people will see some kind of cut next year and the year after that. >> right, exactly. >> i also feel like the way that politics works now, what matters most is what the activist base feels about it. what do you think...

They won at least 16 seats. there's another recount to go. we know the activist base is already incredibly energized. this will even do more. i defer to david cay johnson on all things tax related. but i don't think barack obama got a lot of credit when people got money back in their pockets. he didn't get any credit. unfortunately, i don't know people are paying that much attention when their taxes just go down by a little. something else might happen in their withholding they don't notice it. george w. bush did the smartest thing in our political lifetimes practically by sending us a check. ...