[ audience booing ] since the first second he was announc announced. i would never say it was part of the political echo chamber, but in the political echo chamber today, this was the discussion. trump and the republicans using the kavanaugh fight to rally the base and cut down on the enthusiasm gap with the democrats. a report in the new york times characterized the strategy this way. the in creasingly aggressive attacks on judge kavanaugh s main accuser and the dark warnings about democrats from his supporters are harnessing republicans outrage i ll get it right supreme court seat. with us tonight to talk about it, white house reporter for politico and eli stokols, white house reporter for the los angeles times. nancy, law school style, if i asked you to make a case that this is helping the gop, we have seen a spike in the ratings of fox news channel over the last few days.
with us tonight to talk about it, nancy cook, white house reporter for political to and eli stokols, white house reporter for the los angeles times. nancy, law school style, if i asked you to make a case that this is helping the gop, we have seen a spike in the ratings of fox news channel over the last few days. certainly the first few days of this week. could you make said case? you could, and there was also a recent poll from npr marist earlier this week that really showed that this kavanaugh nomination fight is closing the enthusiasm gap as you said between democrats and republicans. and democrats before were incredibly fired up about the midterms, you know, infuriated about a number of president trump s policies. but now republicans are feeling equally energized over this confirmation fight and we re seeing both parties energized about the midterms. and my question is just whether or not that holds. and just one other point on that. i have been talking a lot this week to conser
a report in the new york times characterized the strategy this way. the in creasingly aggressive attacks on judge kavanaugh s main accuser and the dark warnings about democrats from his supporters are harnessing republicans outrage i ll get it right supreme court seat. with us tonight to talk about it, white house reporter for politico and eli stokols, white house reporter for the los angeles times. nancy, law school style, if i asked you to make a case that this is helping the gop, we have seen a spike in the ratings of fox news channel over the last few days. certainly the first few days of this week. could you make said case? you could, and there was also a recent poll from npr marist earlier this week that really showed that this kavanaugh nomination fight is closing the enthusiasm gap as you said between democrats and republicans. and democrats before were