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we knew with george bush sr., the economy is already technically coming out of that recession, but it feel that way. your thoughts on that. >> typically, opinions about the economy would start to gel among the independents. the partisans make up their minds early, but the people who settled the elections, the swing voters, they tend to make their minds up about those things late, but it would typically be august or september. this year, who knows? it may be that people are sort of up in the air, as they were, frankly, in 1980. jimmy carter, despite all the economic difficulties, lead until shortly after the first ft and only debate. cardi, carter only agreed to one debate. and after that debate, they had an optimistic and upbeat view of america's future. we may see a late decision on this one colored by views on the economy as well as people sort of saying i've got to make a decision. >> neil: okay, karl rove, thank you. good health to your family and all of your friends there. karl rove. best-selling author. we are following dallas, texas, right now. the salon owner reaction. she's

obama's decision to keep robert gates as the secretary of defense despite his services as george bush sr.'s cia director and his oversight of george bush jr.'s iraq wars in iraq and afghanistan, along with keeping robert mueller on at the fbi is possible for the idea of private security establishment in the present moment. former republican congressional staffer put it in his 2016 book "the deep state," did hope and change really change anything? it's not just a question that lofton asked but it's a question that sarah palin famously asked when she said how did that whole hopy, changy thing work out for you? it is a surprise to see a republican president embroiled in such conflict with the national security bureaucracy, including fbi director james comey, who trump fired soon after taking office, secretary of state secretary james mattis, who resigned, and former cia director john brennan, who trump threatened to strip of his secret clearance after he repeatedly accused trump of treason along with the aforementioned mueller and his witchhunt of the administration. trump's hostility towar