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Omar is a gift to donald trump. >> it's not just, though, that controversy, right? in terms of nancy pelosi being the master strategist of the democratic message, you mentioned the gun bill, which is something the democrats would have wanted lots of people to pay attention to. this is something that hasn't happened in a long time, getting through at least one house of congress. i think the final vote came as the michael cohen hearing was going on, which is totally within the control of the house majority. this could have done a better job of highlighting the things -- the differing things they...

Feel about his tone, about his leadership and about what scares people in the country on either side. there's a lot of energy either way. and we are playing on two different battle grounds. if you are a democrat, those divisions that were cemented, they were cemented already. all of that is on the table. >> dan ball wrote yesterday this is an election about who we are. i think you are right. jackie, look over to that side of the table, you look at our poll and a 13-point edge for democrats. which one would you rather be? >> i think this is better for democrats looking at it but it depends on w...

Candidates and test their own messaging. i think you will see all sorts of different messages. inside versus outside, populist versus progressive coming from the potential 2020 candidates. this is not a bad time to test it out. so long as they remember that the first task at hand is winning in 2018. >> dana: in the meantime, david, i have 40 seconds left, is that you actually have conservative policies looking like they are getting results. like if you consider the economy for one. that is a big one. do the republicans have the edge there? >> i think they do. if you look at the democrats pract...

Corker was very involved in these behind the scenes negotiations around what was ultimately a half measure for the president on iran that was -- he didn't go as far as he wanted to go with the president. >> right but many republicans in fact want to be handling this issue because look, they were never happy that barack obama went out and had a piece of paper and didn't certify it as give it to the congress as a treaty for them to have a role. >> the reason he didn't do that because republicans, most of whom are still in office, were not willing to do that. >> in fact, what the hope is, and thi...

Going. tantrum as governance. and even the president's close friend, he's better than this. dan, you called it governing by cattle prod. what is happening? it feels like we're in another level of republican concern about the president. >> well, you know, i think you could argue it's another level. i think it's a continuing level. i think this comes and goes. there are moments when something happens and i think you have to give senator corker the responsibility for ratcheting it up this week for what happened a week ago today in the tweets. what we've seen from the president both on the health ...