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She is a woman. so the optics of it would be quite different and would probably be more right wing than brett kavanaugh. so what is this about? >> i think there is a practical reason and a ideological reason. the practical reason is they're afraid they won't have time to get someone through if they lose the senate. and that's perhaps realistic. the other is they love to fight when they can create an enemy, and now the enis my the left wing conspiracy. now the enemy is you and me. now the enemy is these dastardly women. so that's what they think their base likes. that's what they serve up. and ...

Maintain control of the senate and even his own job in 2020? >> it is immensely entertaining. it is possibly effective in certainly in certain areas and i think at points profoundly disturbing especially when he continues the attacks on the press as the enemy of the people. this is the type of thing his base likes. this is the type of thing that got him elected, that got him media attention where other candidates couldn't get media attention i think his thought process is it worked for me before it probably will work for him again. certainly i'm sure when he was especially in the local press i...

Maintain control of the senate and even his own job in 2020? >> it is immensely entertaining. it is possibly effective in certainly in certain areas and i think at points profoundly disturbing especially when he continues the attacks on the press as the enemy of the people. this is the type of thing his base likes. this is the type of thing that got him elected, that got him media attention where other candidates couldn't get media attention i think his thought process is it worked for me before it probably will work for him again. certainly i'm sure when he was especially in the local press i...

That's lesson number one. lesson number two, do extreme things that your base likes. that will generate high turnout and that will win you elections. and that 58% number is exactly what is underpinning this. i think you heard corey lewandowski, one of his campaign managers from the 2016 campaign, said as much. that's what's particularly disgusting about what is going on to me is this is not out of their moral desire to stop illegal immigration, this is not coming from a law enforcement standpoint as you just outlined the evidence doesn't back that up, this is a purely political move and these ...

His brand of patriotism. a quote from the president that was in a deposition. the president in a phone call to jerry jones in the fall of last year. this is a very winning strong issue for me. tell everybody you can't win this one. this one lifts me. is he going too farhere? disinviting the eagles? is this still a story or position or branding move that lifts this president? >> trump is about particularly inflammatory when it comes to the nfl protests. the white house and trump clearly see this particular issue as a winning one for president trump. he is a culture war president whether going a...