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This -- i think the republican party is looking for the person they think has the best chance to -- to beat president obama. 76% of republican voters strongly disapprove of obama. they want him removed and replaced and, you know, we have a long process to get to the nomination, and my guess is over time the republican primary voters will do their jobs and they will pick the strongest mom knee to win this campaign. >> you know, fred, i want to put up another number. we asked enthusiasm level of supporting -- of the three sort of leading contenders right now for the presidency. president obama, ...

What exactly does this mean for his support? alan colmes is host of the alan colmes show, rich lowry is a fox news contributor. ap is reporting he raised more than $70 million for his re-election effort july through september. but the ap's saying tens of thousands of supporters who gave him dough early on last time have not yet done so, and they are tracking some of these folks as now giving to republicans. what happened? >> well, it's just another sign, megyn, of the enthusiasm level that was so incredible for obama in '08 is not going to be at the same level this time around. last time he wa...

This trip. but, perhaps, as important, he is aiming to raise the enthusiasm level of democrats and he acknowledges some of his base has become disappointed with him. >> i know there are times where some of you have felt frustrated because we have in the gotten everything done as fast as we want. we did not get everything exactly the way we planned. >>reporter: a couple members of the audience shouted "health care," and "single-payer," and the president said he knew he should not have opened that can of worms. >>shepard: thank you. muammar qaddafi is known for brutal and illegal tactics and now...

Be even more concerned. i think the trick, though, because a lot of people on the left who are disappointed with the president what he ought to be talking about whether it's the success of the auto bailout which he'll talk about today, whether it's mitigating some of the damage on the economy, the achievement of financial reform and health care reform, he has to try to animate the base here and try to match that enthusiasm level that's on the right if they are going to mitigate, which is probably the best goal they have, to some of the damage in the fall and hold on to the house. >> pat some. ...

Going into 2018. it is it the base. and he talks about the enthusiasm level. you better get up. >> dana: that is a good point about the midterms that is not necessarily easy for the president. they usually lose seats even though his approval with republicans is highest. 88 or 90 percent. that doesn't always translate to enthusiasm and getting out to vote. you think that was the ploy. >> juan: if you consider the mid- term and poll numbers. they have turned in favor of gun control very strongly. and after parkland, remember the president was in the white house. we carried here on fox having a m...