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Typically it is going to be difficult to get off year elicks. it is a base vote. the reason president obama is in northern virginia today. the coalition that allowed him to get it in 2008 and 2012 since 1964 is because he turned out single women of young voters and in this case federal workers i think. they are calculating and the shut down had a negative effect and they were affected by the shut down and he is more of the same. and i think it is going to be about shut down and they are the least likely to turn out in an off year election. interesting. thank you so much. we are going to take a...

I love it. >> showing, how crazy cruise sound to us? >> exactly. steve schmidt is so right. this is total 70s interesting. his campaign for president. his campaign for prominence. to become one of the, one of the top three going into iowa. and with the help of the party, basically. and you know, too bad if they all have to jump off the cliff. maybe, maybe somewhere in the recesses of his mind he rationalizes when he becomes president, it, it will all have been worth it. >> howard dean can you imagine voters forgetting this -- this, chaos driven by ted cruz. when he presents himself to being pr...

President, it, it will all have been worth it. >> howard dean can you imagine voters forgetting this -- this, chaos driven by ted cruz. when he presents himself to being president of the united states? >> that is a really interesting question. because if you look at the latest poll, sort such the presidential aspirants. he has more publicity. not in first and second. it belongs to chris christie and rand paul. i think among the base vote it is true. there are some virulent people in the republican party. who will turn out in pry marries. i think among the broad republican base there are a lot ...

Tonight, as you well know, and it is a very strange procedure that came out of the rules committee where he are going to have the base vote first and then the amendments. tell me how you think this is going to work for the community you represent. >> look, i'm not interested in a procedure. i'm interested in the outcome. >> what will the outcome be? >> i'm interested in the solution. the solution i hope will be a bipartisan vote to get this done. i have constituents who are still suffering. businesses that are still hurting. homeowners and renters who still need help. it is one thing to be dev...

And aikin's rape comments? has there been enough time that folks have forgotten about him? can they win this thing? >> they might not have forgotten, or either people have forgiven or he has been able to increase his base vote who people want to defend him. this is the reason in politics why people often resist any call to drop out or to quit because people do get second chances, and this is an example where he did find a second act, even after mitt romney urged him to drop out. now the race is competitive. >> beth fouhy, lynn sweet, i always appreciate your insight. thanks for being with me o...