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>> there is something about this rogue charm, jennifer. this is a big part interviewing trump people at rallies on the campaign where it's like he's straight and honest and part of the straight and honest is i'm a weasel or con man or liar as sort of weird psychopath disarming technique. in a room full of people, by the way, two days after conner lamb beat his backed candidate in a plus 20 trump district where he's raising money from them to continue to support the donald trump enterprise. >> this -- only analogy i can think of is it's like the mob that they brag that people applaud them and, ...

I hate to underscore the point but this is trump country. this is not an area democrats should be doing well. there has to be some soul-searching about whether or not donald trump, look at the tax bill, the steel tariffs, are those things connecting with his voters? >> if you look at pennsylvania this was a plus 20 trump district. soul is not that far off base. of tax cuts are not going to be enough for republicans to run on in november they will need another message that will resonate with the voter, failure to do away with obamacare will lead to significant premium increases in november. the...

The big moment. what can be learned about this race? >> a great night on tuesday and the lesson to take away from is connor lamb was the right candidate in the right district, even the fact that it was up for contest shows you the trump agenda is failing in trump country. this was a plus 20 district in 2016, you have a democrat winning in that district. that has to have people who are concerned whether the trump agenda is connecting in trump country. >> it looks like he is going to win this thing. it depends on how you look at it. >> looking at the blueprint connor lamb laid out because as

Coalition. >> which is why a straight jacket doesn't work for parties trying to reach a majority. one final thing that ron mentioned. in '06, rahm emanuel in the house and chuck schumer on the other side. you can see signs of this coming forward for '18. >> the overall level of democratic energy. that is just important here. you are seeing consistently in race after race, democrats are overperforming. it doesn't mean everyone that is less than plus 20, has been to be clicking in their boots don't. particularly in the white collar suburbs, a big movement away from the runs. last night was the f...

He said every candidate on our side is going to have to run the kind of race that they feel that they need to. and plus 20 districts, plus trump -- for trump, that is the kind of race the democrat there felt he had to run. >> dana, let me ask you this. having said what you said about conor lamb looking to camera, saying i'm not going to support nancy pelosi. and david just said, well, maybe donald trump did drum up some enthusiasm. but how can you say that it actually helped this candidate when donald trump won by 20 points, and yet and still we're at this -- maybe he actually hurt him by goin...