microtrends squared mark penn. mark, good to see you. thank you for being with us. >> good morning. ainsley: what does that tell you? more people associate with the president than they do the g.o.p.? >> it tells me that the president, who really wasn't a republican before he ran for president, has really taken over the republican party. he gets a 90% approval from republicans. and he is more powerful than any of the other leaders. so, for the republican leaders who opposed him for so long and for ryan who quit and so forth. the republicans needed new leaders and they have one. that's what makes them so strong on the stump. ainsley: what does it mean for the midterms? you are pulling a lever for the g.o.p. >> he is the g.o.p. and right now you are seeing the stars of the democratic party go out and he is going out on the republican party and they are both trying to draw their bases out. this is a base game between now and tuesday. he is the republican's most potent weapon out there. despite all the controversy that he seems to draw every single day. ainsley: what it like for you someone who has lived