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Calculation here, chris in a midterm with turnout down from what it would be in a presidential election, it's going to be a base election. the base loves donald trump. >> right. >> he is all in. now it's hard to believe that he actually believes any of this based on his entire career, and based on the fact that a couple of years ago he was saying i'm 99% against trump. but he has decided this is his path to victory to be all in on kavanaugh, all in with trump. >> you know, it always fascinates me when each candidate thinks they have the better side of an argument. and rosen clearly, this is no...

Brave face on it, doing a great job at that. the fact is we are seeing what's called the brett bounce. we are seeing it in special elections through the country for two years. now we're at a ten. it is really erased the advantage that they may have. if you look at toss up seats, heidi heitkamp, democrat from north dakota, bye-bye. >> was that a toss up? >> maybe not. she's an incumbent. she's probably gone. ted cruz in a tight race in texas, this is a huge boost for him. there still are a huge base of republican voters in texas, now energized in a way they weren't before sf before. >> does it ...

Soon. we'll be doing something very important in iowa, but this is maybe more important than all of it put together, right, j joni? >> president trump gave a shoutout to joni ernsterer yesterday. joining me now is kay henderson, news director for radio iowa and long-time political reporter there. our panel is back, as well. kay, let's start with you. how was today's news on nafta, or, shall i say, usmcs, doing out there? >> well, for iowa republicans, this was welcome news. if this is truly a base election, the most worrisome issue out there was in farm country, people were really nervous abou...

Heller, why is he there? dean heller has a base problem and a swing vote problem. ted cruz has a base problem and a swing vote problem. trump, there's nobody to help you with the swing vote problem, so you go with trump? >> trump knows how to rub a base election, he has that gut connection with his followers. republicans have put themselves in a position where they're already in danger, if not already have lost the middle. so in order to prevent that blue wave from appearing, in order to prevent the bottom from falling out, you need your base to show up. >> there you go. >> heller's in a tough...

>> did you support i hillary clinton. >> that has nothing to do with it, i fully support the second amendment. >> turning against the police. >> this is why people don't like the senate you said something i didn't say and attributed to me. >> the texas bureau chief abbey living ston joins us now. we have polls showing cruz and o'rourke neck in neck. what are your take aways from last night. >> it was interesting to watch the college championship debater versus the political rock star. these men don't like each other. this is a base election both catering to their base trying to get out support...