i disagree with susan. people are increasingly placing this blame on republicans. i think she a skilled politician. i think she has done all of this. i don t think this is something that the republicans will be off of the hook on. which he bring any of these deals that democrats have consistently passed to the senate floor, tomorrow, outside of the president s deal. republicans could force this president s hand to reopen the government. i think the really power broker is going to be on the other side. their constituents will start to get fed up, you have seen corey gardener, you have seen them
themselves as they size up every one of the candidates, can this person beat trump. i think if biden gets in the race, that s essentially going to be the theme of his campaign. hey, pennsylvania, michigan, washington, iowa won them back. you can debate that all you want if that s true or not if you would, but that s basically going to be his pitch to democrats. so they re sizing up on that. the other thing is how is trump going to respond to the size of the field? is he going to engage with them? we have to go, but i wonder if it s about getting those voters to turn back to democrats or getting the voters who didn t vote in 2016, what s going to matter more. tiffany, susan and steve, thank you. we will be back in one moment. i hear it in the background and she s watching too, saying
persio. sam and karine are still here. where do we start? you don t believe in gin? i m sad because paris is lovely and i want jim to keep going on vacation. he makes up people. there s no federal workers who are calling trump like hold firm on the wall. it s a figment of his imagination and used as a rhetorical device to try to win him some public relations points. it s crazy. if a federal worker wanted to contact the president, i don t know how they d go about doing it. it would be amazing accessibility. you are the commander in chief. if you have contacted the president, let me know how to get in contact with him, too. susan, it looks like the shutdown is going to continue until next week. the house and senate aren t going to vote tomorrow. how bad is this for trump politically, or is it bad? oh, it s bad. and it s going to get worse. i mean, one thing to keep in mind is this is not nancy
everyone snels selse? sam, susan and kareen are still here. if you look at a lot of the polling, it s not so much who people are going to vote for or who is going to win. it s almost like whom do they want in the field? and that s what you re seeing. they want young and old, new, somebody that s not even in the race yet, and i think that says the field is just really wide open and that s where we are right now. the reason you see beto and biden and sanders, understandably so leading, is because they have the name i.d. and i think once people jump in and they are contested and we have a contested election but they are really challenged and build their campaign and put together their platform, then i think we ll see some shifting. i have one quote, though, from jeff row who was ted cruz s chief strategist during that run going through my head as this
know, make sure you re talking to them. thank you so much, everyone. now a big question is just when do these candidates start announcing? and do they have enough cash to sustain the race? when the government opens. how about that? who knows when that will be. susan, thanks for spending time with us. in still ahead the many reason yes this ws why this was year for the nra.