of things to come, it definitely is. i don t want everybody to think democrats will win everywhere where donald trump won by 28 points or more, that s not going to happen. but there s a concern about a bigger democratic wave forming here and that 2018 may look something not terribly different than 2010 when there was the big backlash to president obama s first year and the obamacare legislation that was going through and you remember when scott brown won the special election in massachusetts. how weird is it that roy moore is not conceding and saying it s a struggle for civilization. post election, it sounds weirder than some of the things he said during the race? it does sound like he s defying reality here when everybody else, i mean, the secretary of state of his own party who supported his campaign, and everybody else moved on to the reality that roy
you re not doing it. you destroying your credibility and embarrassing the party. lightning round between dana and two men willing to admit they are former members of congress. is the trump base made of limitless patience? no. it s not. we need to remember that a lot of the people that came to vote for donald trump, these are people who had previously been reliable democratic voters and loved it when the trump campaign was discussing jobs, trade, manufacturing. this is how people put food on the table. if we get too much in the weeds with controversy it will start to erode trust and confidence. 2018 may look differently if we continue down this path. the firing of comey, do you think that broke through? do you think he was a figure to the folks across this country? i think the answers he may have to some of the key questions may i m not convinced he was as big a figure.
2018 may look differently if we continue down this path. the firing of comey, do you think that broke through? do you think he was a figure to the folks across this country? i think the answers he may have to some of the key questions may i m not convinced he was as big a figure. he has answers that force republicans to answer uncomfortable questions asked and put right on their front porches. recovering congressman jolly, do you think republicans can get to 51 on whom ever is nominated for the fbi? he may. i think the drip of credibility is going to under in moo this president with his base. you asked who is going to confront this president and say you have lost your base? the rich irony of this is going to be his own daughter. she husband her pulse on public
2018 may look differently. 2020 may come out differently if we continue down this path. the firing of comey, do you think that broke through? do you think he was a figure to the folks across this country? i think the answers he may have to some of the key questions may i m not convinced he was as big a figure as some are suggesting in washington. but he has some answers that are going to force republicans to answer the uncomfortable questions that dana raised around the edges and david attacked and put right on their front porches. recovering congressman jolly, do you think republicans can get to 51 on whom ever is nominated for the fbi? they may. look, to your question, i think the drip, drip, drip of credibility is ultimately going to undermine this president with his base. brian, earlier in the hour you asked a question, who is going to be the howard baker? who is going to confront this president and say you ve lost your base. the rich irony of this is going to be his own
center. that means we which items for 2018 may have jumped the line now that lawmakers have unexpected free time. an infrastructure is another package and something speaker ryan teased last week while conceding defeat on the health care bill and something republican leaders plan to court democrats for and they re still not sure if the conservative house freedom caucus plans to play ball with their legislative priorities. something that wouldn t wait for a coalition of democrats or republicans is the debt ceiling. the government will run out of money april 28 and need to pass a measure to borrow more or there will be a federal shutdown and there s talks about the potential for a government shutdown because the spending bill is not something that can be withdrawn if there is not enough support. that is something looking ahead we expect to hear more about the strategy for making sure that passes and the strategy for making sure republicans can