i want to read a quote from jonathan bernstein that is pretty apt. he says, it s not clear that either of those reforms, social security or medicare, though they were perceived as successful, actually delivered votes after medicare passed in 65 voters rewarded democrats for medicare with big midterm losses in 66 and of course a lot of problems pursuing the white house after that as well. the argument there, richard, being that even if the program is popular and sticks around its authors don t always do the same. there were a few other factors in the 60s as i recall. it was a little before my time but it s hard to pin it all on medicare. in any case, it s not that strange what the congresswoman is doing. if you look at the polls, not just on the medicaid question because that one really it s a no-brainer. when you see anything with a 30-point margin, any candidate should look at that, actually be courageous to turn it down in that context. so the argument that you are going aga
he says, it s not clear that either of those reforms, social security or medicare, though they were perceived as successful, actually delivered votes after medicare passed in 65 voters rewarded democrats for medicare with big midterm losses in 66 and of course a lot of problems pursuing the white house after that as well. the argument there, richard, being that even if the program is popular and sticks around its authors don t always do the same. there were a few other factors in the 60s as i recall. it was a little before my time but it s hard to pin it all on medicare. in any case, it s not that strange what the congresswoman is doing. if you look at the polls, not just on the medicaid question because that one really it s a no-brainer. when you see anything with a 30-point margin, any candidate should look at that, actually be courageous to turn it down in that context. so the argument that you are going against your voters interests, going against your voters wishes, and
candidate as well. and mark begich has done more than any other democrat who distance himself from the president. split polls show him and treadwell within striking distance of each other. i definitely want to send i want to send someone to iowa for this race. that s going to be a great one. this shows how much movement is in these states. i said in 2010 that we could have a repeat of what happened in 1994. almost a direct overlay where you had a new democrat elected in 1992, in 2008. they both were seen as moving too far left. so there was a rightward shift in the house of representatives. then that over-reach by the house of representatives re-elected the democratic president. everybody expected another big midterm and remember what happened in 1998, democrats
healthier ingredients. take it up with the lunch lady, kitties. good thing that vice president joe biden is back on twitter. get your finger guns ready. his@joe biden account came back to life today with this personal tweet from the veep. dusting off the twitter handle for a big midterm election year. let s get to it, folks. the most important question is will biden tweet selfies? now, biden would likely selfie with anyone, but the white house might need an official selfie minder after this pi kre landed boston red sox star david ortiz in hot water. samsung used that big poppy twit pic in a viral campaign, so the white house announced that obama selfies might be a thing of the past. let s hope not. something else is going viral on your social media accounts. it s this brawl between members of the nypd and new york fire department. check out this shocking footage. new york s brave sxes new york s finest went head-to-head, literally, at their 41st annual
republican governors association. he ll be playing a big midterm role. anyone with high name ids, a lot of support within that political party, big advocates for both political parties in the midterm elections. jonathan. all the horses lining up to the gate, kristen, sizing each other up. it s fun to watch an open seat presidential election and i m sure 2016 is going to be just around the corner. just very quickly from both of you, could this botched rollout of the president s health care law threaten the democrats hold of the senate. jonathan? absolutely. i think it s number one issue for moderate democratic senators defending themselves. i think it s a problem for open seat democrats and for democrats trying to win republican seats. we will be talking about this for the next 10, 11 months. mark, what s your take, yes or no? kristen in short-term, huge political win for republicans. long-term we have a long way to go until the 2014 midterms but republicans made a lot of h