dampening the flames of division he takes out a flame thrower and lights everything ablaze. >> sometimes to his own detriment because jeff flake, although -- no love lost between the two of them, hilary rosen, he needs jeff flake's votes -- if he loses jeff flake on tax reform, a tax cut, whatever you want to call it, with ron johnson, that's dead on arrival. it's not smart for him to not just be picking that fight but adding fuel to that fight. >> they can't afford to lose three senators. it's one of the reasons why you see the president so reluctant to attack roy moore. instinctively they think he could win. we saw kellyanne doing something today which disappointed me, which to suggest that a vote for a pedophile is actually better than a vote -- >> it disappointed you? >> that's the word i'll choose. anything in favor of the agenda. i do think, though, that part of what the president does is something that he has done from day one, which is that he personally believes he is the