might like putin better than they like trudeau. let s talk about health care because it matters to more voters than a lot of this stuff, jeremy, what do you think about the fact that our polling is showing that among the issues voter cite, they cite obamacare as their top issue? i think that s going to change in a couple of weeks. i don t think it s not a huge lead. it just is number one. it s number one and number one is always economy and jobs, always. i think this is but that isn t economy and jobs. it s health care. it is health care but it s related to economy and jobs. i don t think this election is going to be litigated over obamacare. i think it s going to be driven over impulses of are you satisfied with the direction of this country, or are you not? health care plays into that of course. but it s ultimately going to be about what do you want to do? do you want a change in november after this, or do you think you and i worked for large organizations that ac
chris: so you ll go for it? it depends on what s on the table what we move forward on. what matters less is a 30 day, 20 by day, 20 day although we spent time on that but what matters more is ending the hostagetaking and moving forward. i got tens of thousands of delaware need [inaudible] and we got tens of thousands of families line on community health program and remember those hurricanes that tore through texas and puerto rico and florida? we haven t funded the release of those hurricanes. remember the opioid crisis? we have a long list of homework unfinished we need to address. chris: i want to pick up because you said we don t want the hostagetaking that is going on. that s exactly what democrats said back in 2013 when republicans shut down the government over obamacare.
in terms of what s on the table. what matters less is 30 day, 20 day, although we have spent a lot of time on that, what matters more is ending the hostage taking and moving forward. i ve gottens of thousands who depend on community health centers, we are months overdue, the children s health insurance program. remember those hurricanes that tore through texas and puerto rico and florida, we haven t funded the relief for those hurricanes. remember the opioid crisis, we have this long list of homework unfinished. we need to address. chris: i want to pick up on this, we don t want the hostage taking that s going on. that s exactly what democrats said back in 2013 when republicans shut down the government over obamacare. take a look. i called them legislative arsonist, they are there to burn down what we should be building up. someone goes into your house, takes your wife and children hostage, and then says, let s
between now and midnight and watch carefully for you from our perch at the white house, sandra. sandra: thank you. bill: for more analysis, guy benson political editor and a long weekend it looks like. chad perg ram reporting you can expect a shutdown this weekend. how long it lasts we don t know. we wait to find out on that. what s on the line for democrats on this shutdown, guy? the democrats are going to try here, i think, to see if they can precipitate a shutdown and still pin the blame on the republican party. generally the gop takes blame for shutdowns. they re seen as the small government, government skeptical party and they did force the issue four years ago during president obama s second term over obamacare. in this case you have democrats and house republicans passing a bill last night. the democrats in the senate bragging we have the votes to
this version with the house version, but you can feel the momentum right now in the republican party. they also confirmed another judge today. and so senator mcconnell and donald trump are working together on that. the conference really wants to get a victory. they hadn t to cut people s taxes and they want to keep a promise. they re still smarting from the loss over obamacare. this would help reverse that by eliminating the individual mandate while fulfilling another big campaign promise and keeping this momentum going. you can feel it happening, and i would say better than 50% odds they get this thing passed by friday. peter, some senate republicans are optimistic after lunch with the president today. interesting to see his level of involvement with the negotiations and how badly the president and congressional republicans need a legislative win. they desperately need a legislative win which is why they re pushing this throw even though there have been no hearings and not waiting