sexiest issue but most practical, it s healthcare. it s not political, either. it s everyone s kitchen table. how come no one realizes that? yes. the number one issue in the polls for a long time is that healthcare sun resolved. democrats have had an edge on healthcare. and i think they got wrapped um in fomenting more support from the base and not understanding that it s swing voters in suburban areas and working class districts that will really decide this upcoming election. they, oddly enough, have shown that they care about the issues. not about just fighting out resistance and pounding on the supreme court doors. brian: george stephanopoulos said we thought it would be a good idea to go out there campaigner. hurting his cause in his first term. how come trump seems to be helping his cause? look, i think trump is in a situation in which the
extreme tactics. americans are not going to vote for the party whose message is impeachment and investigate. investigate, investigate kavanaugh and impeach the president or impeach kavanaugh, too. americans are going to run from that and break maybe with tradition and not rebuke the party in power. right? well, i read in the 98 messaging and in 98 because the republicans went too far, we gained seats. i have think here the democrats coming out of kavanaugh have energized conservative base what people want to see now is a more co conciliatory unity oriented politics. that s the way to get back into office. i think what holder said was way out of line for a former attorney general to say that. let s get back to policy, to rationality, to convincing the american public what the right direction of the country should be. mark, the number one issue for democrats and republicans is not the
republican leader of the house quit and so there was nobody out there to create a republican message. so i think he probably helped more than hurt. but i think actually it s the democrats here who so far we have shot ourselves in the foot here going overboard that actually provided republicans and your show with more talking points than you can imagine for the next three weeks. brian: we thank you for that lastly bernie sanders does an op-ed and he talks about single payer healthcare and how that s the future. it was answered by president trump and saying it s going to cost $33 billion over the next 10 years and it s not sustainable nor will it give quality. isn t that the wrong message to the right issue? well, first at least it s a debate about issues where i would like things to be. i think single pair or medicare for all. i think that people don t understand the incredible cost there. brian: gotcha. americans are looking for a compromise on healthcare and they do want to see prog
in the water. if conservatives because of the kavanaugh issue, now are fired up and turn out, this election we are looking at in november could be a very different election. ainsley: is that your message today to those folks that are watching they might be busy that day. sometimes it s a decision you make that day. especially when it s a midterm election. whees your me sage to republicans that are watching. democrats fired up. anti trump. they are coming out in droves no matter what. conservatives until kavanaugh were generally sitting at home. now, they have a chance now think are fired up. what did you think of the president with kanye yesterday. i loved it i m the author of the republican national committee piece about the need for the republican party to do outreach. this is outreach. and it amazes me. i get all these calls for reporters saying what about republicans not following those recommendations? here is trump doing it and the reporters say how dare he do it? ainsley:
powe k focusing so much on health care. she started pushing a year ago, i think she sees that as one issue that can help her get especially rural older people and rural women on who are very concerned about this issue. i ve covered a number of her town halls that she did. health care became like the top issue which is one of the reasons she s been hammering at it before a lot of other democrats did. still, for her to win, she has to have a huge turn out in urban, stc. louis and kansas city. she s got to do well in the suburbs to make up for losses in rural missouri. she can t lose rural missouri too much. she needs to be high 30s. that s sort of the dynamic of this race and i would argue that missouri is more purple. until 2016, all of our statewide office holders, most of them