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Against him or neutral. if you look at the competitive senate races, it makes a lot of sense. a lot of them are in states where trump did overwhelmingly well in 2016 and in the house certainly with gerrymandering you have a lot of seats that are overwhelming republican. you have a lot of people who are retiring because they either don't want to be in the mix with a trump presidency or don't like the toxic environment in washington but look anybody who is waiting for mitch mcconnell and paul ryan to walk away from donald trump is going to be waiting an awful long time. they have made their deci...

Edge. 56% to 41% the chuck schumer decided we're sticking with our base here because base intensity and base enthusiasm we have an advantage right now. >> the democrats want to make this midterm election all about president trump and that's traditionally what midterm elections are about. you have this unusual situation where there is great optimism about the economy. there's a new poll out today. we find that there's a better feeling about the economy than there's been in 17 years, some good reasons for that. at the same time the president of the united states has the lowest approval ratings o...

>> and the question is, does it get republican voters back in the game? midterm elections are about base intensity. we have seen it in new jersey, virginia and ruby red alabama democrats won a vote. democrats want to send a message to washington and the president, the republicans have a suburban slump. look at the intensity numbers from suburban polling. democratic intensity is up. or poll shows democratic intensity is up and growing. as we get closer to the election year, it's on the rise. the question is, does this get republicans back in the game? >> it's easier to be against something than...

This year about 1.25 million jobs have been created. in the last, in the seven months of 2016 1.35 million jobs had been created. there is positive growth but we are not, this is not a surge unlike we've seen before. one thing on the poll i want to touch on and alisyn you mentioned this, the strongnumbe the strong disapproval number. i look at that, what you're seeing in a lot of ways is base intensity. that's how much do the people who love you and hate you love and hate you. there's a huge disparity there, strong approval numbers for the president, broadly speaking not just among republicans...

Slogan is a bummer but not that accurate. >> a pox on all the houses? we shall see. a question now front and center for republican campaign strategists, how do gop incumbents run if the party fails to repeal and replace obamacare? the president has called the house republican plan mean and the current senate plan polls below 30% approval. walking away can, at first glance, look appealing. mid term elections are about base intensity and many veteran republican strategists worry failure to pass something could cripple gop enthusiasm. would passing just obamacare fixes make it better or worse? se...