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Security and others trying to make it a reality. >> look, i don't think anybody should be taken by surprise that this president takes border security very seriously. i mean, i think the idea that there's anybody over at homeland security who's questioning his commitment to the border -- of course they -- >> fair enough. >> but i think bringing this back to the politics for a minute, i think what david said is absolutely true in that the base does react to all of this. they're not going to love constant talk of tax cuts. they're going to want to talk about some of the things that got president ...

Out so that when they head into the midterms you're not having this sort of still very divisive divide among democrats. >> the challenge for the leadership to take back the house, they don't necessarily need to move to the center. it will probably be a base election in the midterms that are roughly two dozen seats that hillary clinton won that republicans have occupy those seats in those districts. if the base turns out, the republican bases turnout, maybe they win back the house in the midterms, but the question is what does that mean for 2020, what does that mean for the future of the party?...

Educated women from the suburbs. >> you hit the key. haas the key. the same can be said for ohio, where trump is doing better. there will be an increase in the turnout of white, working class voters. in this state four years ago, mitt romney won the working class counties outside of philadelphia and still lost. that's the key. if hillary clinton wins the sush ush, whether it's here, in columbus, in virginia, in the northern part of virginia, the i-4 corridor, in florida, these are the key areas. this could still come down to a base election. >> i know exactly. let's talk about base election. i...

Traditional states that are going to be battlegrounds in the general election, places like florida and ohio, arapahoe in jefferson, county, which is critical to winning a place like colorado, it could prove more problematic for him as a general election candidate. >> bob, what do you say to that? i know you love him but don't you want to win the white house? >> we definitely want to win the white house and that's why we're endorsing ted cruz. where i would disagree is that this is going to be a base election and hillary clinton has a huge problem with her base and bernie sanders. ted cruz is g...

And kept them going. they couldn't have gone past those very first primaries, despite the anger and the support that they had, if they had not had the money, karen, and that was the differentiation. of course he has an unlimited budget. >> and he's also got -- he starts with unlimited select. donald trump is essential low a disturbance in the force. and the question -- in what we are all expecting to be a base election, whoever wins is going to be the person who turns out their people. what republican needs are for all of these people who are angry to nonetheless ultimately get in line and vot...