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On fox business. one of the first things that came to mind, reaching a cross the aisle, much like the gipper, ronald reagan, each side has a chance to help the other side. he exercised that last nights. what did you think? >> it was a good move. the right thing to do. he has to go beyond his core base and bring in people. the house now is controlled by democrats. and donald trump is president of all the people. he's not just president of his base. reagan new that. he reached across the aisle. there were reagan democrats, blue dogs. and remember the relationship that he developed with tip o'nea...

>> shepard: i was forgetting that 1983, when ronald reagan gave his state of the union address, he's popularity had plummeted. people said there's no way he will be re-elected. the same kind of sentiment builds -- among democrats that say, donald trump has no chance at all. history is a funny thing. in the 1983 state of the union, reagan knocked it out, the economy picked up steam. the rest is history. what can this president and maybe people following him learn from that? >> that you never count a president of the united states out or down. police call fortunes can turn on a dime. if presiden...

John kennedy the same way. when negotiating tax cuts that came to fruition after hits death. i'm wondering whether the president was taking a page from history there. >> i hope so. it was on the eve -- today would be reagan's 108th birthday. so maybe president trump was thinking about him a little bit last night. i sure hope so. you're right. you can't spike the ball. you have to -- everybody has to go home and declare victory. that's the only way they come back the next day. >> neil: of course, he is tip o'neal, ronald reagan, developed a personal relationship that often meant negotiating in ...

They are both there to do the business of the people and make the country better. if they work to find what they have in common, not what divides them, they'll get it done. >> neil: i don't know whether ronald reagan did this. maybe you can help. the idea that look, we make progress on this, look at the other areas where we have pretty broad and bipartisan agreement. >> dana: lowering drug prices, infrastructure. what do you think? that was a teaser? >> maybe so. progress begets progress. if they go one success under their belt and feels good, more more inclined to work towards another area of...

He called the guy on his right who said i am with you but my constituents, reagan sat there and didn't say a word which seemed like 5 minutes and then he looked at everybody and said i was confused. i thought this was about country. i didn't know it was about constituents and he got up and left. that was the end of the meeting. we won by one vote. heather: before reagan forced the issue and demanded that they vote what seemed like 30 no votes turned into 30 yes votes, the message being if you put people on the spot sometimes they can vote differently than you think, donald trump seems to have ...