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And when orrin hatch would do deals with them. that stuff happened because it is the art of legislating. are you being optimistic like i was earlier -- >> you shamed me a bit. i felt like i had to change tone. >> its worth it. its worth it. this is important. this is the way it used to work. it didnt always work, but sometimes there was horse trading is looked as a negative, but its legislating. >> true. >> where can we come up with -- you give -- go two easy areas -- >> you give some, ill give ...

The results of this evenings elections, the last evenings elections, in the long run, are less important than the demographic changes in both parties, because weve seen last night and were talking about it now the republican party is becoming more rural, more conservative, more isolated, less diverse. the democratic party is becoming younger, its becoming much more diverse, and this election is a snapshot, and were going to repeat the camera angle two years from now. but the partys demographic b...

Cnns poll had the other day. 54% of respondents said they would support a democratic candidate in a generic ballot. 43% said they would vote for the republican. house minority leader nancy pelosi has been insisting democrats are going to regain the house. she said it again today, but i have to ask, state senator turner, do you believe the polls? are you confident that democrats are going to take the house today? >> im pretty confident. i dont think we should be overly confident. its up to who vo...

States where president trump won handily in 2016. im watching for indiana. were going to find out early on where indiana stands. donnelly, this is a state president trump won by 20 points. if joe donnelly hangs on in indiana or rolls up in indianapolis or gary, thats a good sign for that very narrow path. its all about defense. particularly early in the night. and then always you go to florida. this could keep us up late. in this case follow where the presidents went. president obama going to mi...

Was a lot of internal debate about what the message should be. phone calls from paul ryan to donald trump asking him to cut it out. if donald trumps message wins out, as were discussing, if that message wins out and we see a red wall, what does that mean for the next -- what does that mean for the next two years? >> were in a polarized country. thats the politics were in. both countries now speak to their bases. barack obama spent a lot of time speaking more to his base in the 2012 re-election t...

He doesnt like it, doesnt want to go that way. never seen that. and the president says he has regrets. he said i regret my tone. >> to be fair, he did say in the first six months when fox first interviewed him, they asked him what he had done well and not done well. he said almost the same thing but not with regret. he said he gave himself a c in communication. >> hes covering all his bases. he wants to tell one audience i understand the tone is big picture here, but hes closed out with fear and...

Theres obviously a lot at stake. both sides are trying to get as many of their people out to vote as they can. thats what midterms are about. unlike a presidential year, midterms are about intensity of base. so lets go to the head of one of those bases, the dnc chair, tom perez. its good to have you back. >> reporter: always great to be with you, chris. >> quick question. were talking act who is going to win. what it will take to win, how many seats. all this. lets just jump ahead one step. to y...

Willingness by some of these people to actually work together. lets just say that the democrats take back the house. are they going to deny working with president trump on an infrastructure bill that they have wanted for a long time? will they deny an immigration deal that the president might offer to them? will they deny an opportunity to go against control of pharmaceutical companies culture market is something that the white house is pushing forward. so i think a lot remains to be seen. it is...

Trying to appeal to different bases are going to help or hurt everybody below them on the ticket. martha. >> martha: peter, thank you very much. >> bret: meanwhile, all 35 seats in the house of representatives are up today. making many lives following the battle for the house live in washington. >> bright, good evening. they need 23 seats in order to regain the majority, and there are many fascinating races going down to the wire. for example, virginias second district, in a very tight contest w...

Brookfield, illinois. republicans are trying to keep the governors mansion in new hampshire, incumbent chris sanunu, trying for second term. democrat mollie kelly is running against him. jackie is live in manchester. >> shep, record voter turnout is expected in new hampshire and today all day long, steady stream casting ballots in manchester. in a race surprisingly close in the last week. yesterday both candidates rallying bases. chris sununu, seeking second term went door to door. he was favore...