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If cheating joe becomes a donald trump twitter nickname -- >> it hits at the electability argument. joe biden is the safe harbor, isn't the risk. now they're like do they run a sloppy campaign? that, to me, is the danger of this story, it actually introduces the idea what if he is not the most stable electable candidate? what if they've got a they're not ready for this? >> in this field they've seen the trend where success begets success. if you appear to be doing poorly, your numbers slide. it's so fluid. if your whole argument is that you are an electable juggernaut who can take down the sky...

Another promise kept. tell me about the president's standing now going into the midterms in 2020? >> well, it would be strong, even stronger, it would be than it was several weeks ago when he looked like he was going to be defeated on this. success begets success. that's why we have seen modest increase in the president's polls, the higher he gets on favorable and unfavorable better for republicans on midterm elections and whatever next policy battle he intends to engage on. this has been very valuable for the president. he's had terrific assistance in the senate, he's been aided ironically by...

To pay for things to give their kids and their family a better life. what message do democrats then have to combat that? >> hey, have you more. but someone has a lot more, so, if you put me in office, i will find a way of getting that from this person and even trying to transfer the wealth back. listen, we want through 8 years of that so-called wealth transfer. we saw welfare go through the roof. we saw food stamps go through the roof. we were told it was a good thing. nancy pelosi says it has a multiplier effect. if someone gets a lot of food stamps. they will spend a lot of money. again, it'...

We have to look forward to 2018. this past year has been a tumultuous one but did the white house get things done in the end. mitch mcconnell says he has gotten better at doing what's necessary in order to be effective legislatively. so he ended the year with a lot of pluses. the tax overhaul, he was able to repeal the mandate in obamacare. that was a huge sticking point. how optimistic does that make you in believing that republicans believe that basically president trump is going to keep this momentum up come 2018? >> look. it gives me some hope that republicans have some confidence restored...

Yesterday. if jon ossoff can get more than 50% today, it says what about the electorate? >> it says that it's game on, that donald trump is in trouble and republicans are in trouble. i have used this sports analogy, whether it's football or baseball. there is a thing when you go into someone else's stadium. you want to take the crowd out of the game. and every once in a while, if the opposing team has an interception or something, now they're back in. the crowd is back in. you let the crowd back in the game. right now democrats are out of the game. they don't have a lot to be excited about. if...