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Ceiling. >> it is bizarre because it plays into what we've seen the last couple of weeks. we've seen the economy, the trade war, we've seen his doubling down on racism, it's all coming to fruition in these polls and we're seeing it go down. the thing about it he's an historically weak president, and as the economy gets worse, his numbers will keep going down. but we have to be very, very careful, democrats have to be careful, because we can't get complacent here. one thing we learned in 2016 -- >> like a political operative. >> one thing we learned in 2016 is you can win the popular vote and s...

Recognition that turning out passionate supporters in 2020 may be a better route to a second term than trying to attract undecided voters. what's the sense you get from covering this white house, eli? does re-election, does it cover pretty much all of the policy decisions the president makes or does he not consider them a great deal? >> i think overall that is the strategy the president adopts and so does this campaign. it's a base election, you have to juice turnout. there are fewer undecided voters out there at this point. an issue like this, even though 90% of the country supports backgroun...

He'll do that. >> there is a now fox news pole that say president trump is tearing the country party. first of all, i think that's pretty extraordinary. right? it's also a big warning sign for 2020 of one would think. >> this is a base election. and he's got to get some, he has to get some independence here. and what we're going to see eventually, he has to make it about himself. he made hillary clinton so impal atable that people held their noses and voted for trump. that's part of the strategy here. without a democratic nominee yet, he's trying to make the democratic party at large

It is also a big warning sign for 2020 one would think. >> yeah. this is a base election. he has got to get some independents here. what we are going to see eventually, the strategy is for trump to make the election not about himself but about his democratic opponent. that is how he won in 2016. people held their noses and voted for trump. that is part of the strategy, without a democratic nominee yet he is trying to make the democratic party at-large not palatable and he stepped for a lot of his advisors too far into the, you know, into stoking the racial divisions. not just ramping up the ba...

They are doing what they are supposed to do 16 months out that is plot the strategy in every case. and they know they're going to be battle-ground states that can come down to getting out the vote. this is going to be a base vote on both sides. unquestionably. and the trump team is amassing a massive fortune in small dollar donors as well as the big stuff. so they're going to be ready, going to have everything that they need. and you know, the economy is doing well. and people gave the economy very high marks. and that's ultimately what it's coming down to as well as who the democrats put up. ...