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Course, so we'll see if that's a winning strategy or not. the problem that senator warren has, i think, is she drives the democratic party too far to the left. and so if you look at her support among democrats, it's really high. she enjoys good support among democrats but not so much among independents and republicans. if you look at her broad base support, it's not that good. she's a polarizing figure. i'm not comparing her to donald trump, but her support base is essentially where donald trump's is. that's not what you want. maybe she hopes to resolve that. >> you mentioned she's like donald...

They possibly could from within the republican party to destabilize this president and is he more popular than ever before with republican voters. is he now at 50% approval rating amongst all voters. now they just go off into the sun set not being senators and governors any longer. griff: that's interesting, corker and flake also gone. do you still believe more in power. >> couple taking office in the next few months. we will see. very little oxygen for them in this republican party. the base of the party, you know, the grassroots members of the conservative base support this president whole w...

Resolved in the next week. >> the only way the is resolved is if trump backs down. he is doing the bidding of his far right base. there was a deal and it was going to avert the shutdown. they went crazy and then trump capitulated to them. this is the only part of support that he has. he can't afford to lose that. if he loses that base support and those conservatives who are so vocally opposing the deal, if he loses them he has nothing left. >> you can't just help remember this was the core of his campaign promise was building -- if he feels like he fails at this, then what does he have to hold...

Is like a unicorn. but the reality is that you're right i think they were able to bond on issues, maybe they don't have the same faith but certainly issues of faith. and they're both very thoughtful gentlemen i think at the end of the day. i think that helps a lot too. >> thvg was part of your first answer. without the midterms looming and without flake already having a ticket out of washington none of this happens. >> no. if jeff flake had decided to run for re-election it would have been a very different dynamic. he would have faced a very different set of pressures as he's said himself. ess...

Looming and without flake already having a ticket out of washington, none of this happens. >> if jeff flake decided to run for reelection he would have faced a different set of pressures. he would have had a difficult time doing this. he would have never gotten the republican base out to vote for him. in a mid term election you need that base support. if you don't have your base with you you are not going to win. jeff flake realizes this was only possible given this unique historical set of events. >> are you confident the right thing is going to happen for your country in this instance? >> i ...