pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin, michigan, these folks aren t republicans. they tend to be independent, the key group, white, working-class voters. white men without college degrees. the trump army that came out for him and flipped the states. they weren t happy with him going into this moment. will they rally around him? we have seen him fall off 12 points, 16 points come with voters like these. while they come back and rally around him when he is in distress? well they just be frustrated? shannon: what about if he gets tax are formed on? that will help this group that you are talking about to get a tax reform done, people see a difference in their paycheck, for that matter? i think it is like this. the republicans in congress have convinced the president that they had to do tax cuts and blow up obamacare. unfortunately, with those are s i test really well the republicans. but these independent voters, and with the economically marginalized voters, those aren t great things. talking
wisconsin, michigan, these folks aren t republicans. they tend to be independent, the key group, white, working-class voters. white men without college degrees. the trump army that came out for him and flipped the states. they weren t happy with him going into this moment. will they rally around him? we have seen him fall off 12 points, 16 points come with voters like these. while they come back and rally around him when he is in distress? well they just be frustrated? shannon: what about if he gets tax are formed on? that will help this group that you are talking about to get a tax reform done, people see a difference in their paycheck, for that matter? i think it is like this. the republicans in congress have convinced the president that they had to do tax cuts and blow up obamacare. unfortunately, with those are s i test really well the republicans. but these independent voters, and with the economically marginalized voters, those aren t great things. talking about taking away s
confidence from voters that he can get things done as opposed to congress, that gives him a little bit more fuel for the fire. this poll is troubling. anytime you re under 40 subpoena a good thing. but i also look at polls by the trends. a real clear politics average trend when he was first nominated both his disapproval and approval around 44%. as time has gone by disapproval has gone up and the approval has gone down. that s not the trajectory that you want to go in. so i think a big factor in that is the inability to get legislative accomplishments done. if he s able to pass a tax reform package that helps the middle class, i think that will help. i think if he s able to the economy stays strong, if he s able to do something with health care i think that will help those numbers, but right now he needs ton only shore up his base but expand it. but that s the big if. i think you re exactly right on the taxes. go up to capitol hill, i was there a few days this week just talking to
legislative accomplishments done. if he s able to pass a tax reform package that helps the middle class, i think that will help. i think if he s able to the economy stays strong, if he s able to do something with health care, i think that will help those numbers, but right now he needs to not only shore up his base that s the big if. go up to capitol hill i was there a few days this week talking to republicans and there is just this feeling of doomsday if they don t get tax reform done, they are done. they have proven that they cannot govern, they cannot deliver on their key promises. having said that, the trump coalition is not the traditional republican coalition when you re looking at kind of tax policy. right. so if they pass a tax reform plan and the trump voters don t feel better in their pocketbook, then they re going to say what s this about? and i think that that really is i mean, there s such a blessing for trump in that he has a different kind of
leader, mitch mcconnell, escorted the president of the united states to the senate republican policy luncheon where the president received an extended and warm standing ovation for the work he has done on judges, deregulation and the nomination and the confirmation of justice gorsuch. there s a unity to get tax reform done, which i think they will achieve at the end of the day, and you have distracting attention, the steve bannon side show here, and you have fights personality driven, and you have mostly unifying efforts to get tax reform done. you say the steve bannon side show, you sent out a tweet that included a headline, very controversial, that i am praying we have right now. steve bannon, not a big fan of whiny brat jews, ex-wife says.