but i think to some extent though we re overthinking this. i think that lindsey graham is correct it s a strategy. it s a strategy that s powered his entire life which is everyone someone is mean to me i m going to lash out at them. i think we re so used to applying the filters of here s how politics works and that s not how he works. it s mood as governing. he doesn t have a policy. he has internal, instinctual reactions. we should run from as fast as possible. the central metaphor of donald trump s business career he s a builder. the reality of trump s life is that he s a destroyer. people should read abraham lincoln s speech to the young man s lyceum when he was 29 years old. i think 1838 in which there are two types of american leaders, those who build and then the generation of those who tear down. he was speaking essentially in advance of the civil war. but there s something in trump s character that just likes to
delaying is because there clearly was a pushback. it could continue on the republican part so we can t take anything for granted. we need to explain why this repeal bill is so bad. melissa: and chuck schumer reminding his fellow democrats it is not time to be taking a victory lap just yet. we know the fight is not over, that is for sure. we re not resting on any laws, nor do we feel any sense of accomplishment, other than we are making progress for the american people who are listening to our arguments. melissa: every time i see this, i think karate chuck. kennedy: lyceum, i say what the chuck schumer?
position to beat any republican challenger than anybody else. speaking of senate races, new statewide poll of potential 2018 senate match-ups, in texas, previews some potential lone star state problems from the gop. texas- how do i pronounce that? lyceum. lyceum poll. given the choice of cruz or how democrat beto o rourke, they come out deadlocked at 30%. the last time a democrat won a senate race in the state of texas was lloyd benson in 1988. remember him? the poll also shows president trump s job approval numbers under water with 54% disapproving versus 42 who approve. what s the old saying about ted cruz from one of his former