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Only defending one state that hillary clinton won and thats the state of nevada, where democrats are defending ten senate states that president trump won, five which he won by double digits. i think the senate is much more difficult. i worked on campaigns during two wave elections, 2010, 2014. i think its a little too early to really tell and read the tea leaves but for the reasons both jessica and i outlined i think there should be some concern for republicans. >> jon: thats what we like to do ...

Opponent for their seat, but can momentum change the map? democrats are still depefendinge states donald trump won by double-digits and another five he won narrowly. well talk momentum and 2018 with democratic trat justrategi senior adviser in 2012. also joe watkins, a former white house aide under george h.w. bush. friends of the show, good to have you back. well pose the same question to both of you, who are you watching? what are the biggest races to watch heading into the midterms? >> the de...

Lets take a closer look at some specific cities we have going on. new york, for example, being one of them. one of the things we have to talk about is kind of the extended forecast for them. you take a look at this. its 36 today in new york. its going to get colder. a high of only 24 by the time we get to wednesday. again as cold as it may be, its just going to keep getting colder as we go through the rest of the week. its not just new york. we look at chicago. the next three days will barely be...

On the ballot that you are trying to help that are going to be judicious about what states they send the president to. i do think the house is more in play than the senate, democrats need to knock off 24 seats. >> harris: is the white house looking to -- >> lisa: each candidates focus is on the congressional district at hand and democrats have a big uphill battle in the senate. theres only one state where hillary clinton won the state where there is a g.o.p. incumbent. meanwhile senate democrats...

Down in alabama. what can you tell us about that? >> republicans behind the scenes and talking to reporters are terrified that they could lose both chambers of congress next year. politically a lot that could have gone wrong has. they lost a senate race in alabama. now the senate is in play for democrats. if you look at the generic ballot, thats asking the average person and independent swing voter and women and anyone around the country. would you vote for a nameless democrat or nameless republ...

Beating a republican by 13 points, which is big, the biggest lead so far this year. as far as what that would mean for the balance of power in the house after next years election, i want to bring in steve kornacki. steve, how are things looking right now a little less than a year before the midterms? >> well, we have a couple of different metrics we can look at. the generic ballot speaks for itself. when the party is up 13 points, double digits, historically thats great news for the party. heres...

Right now, in a generic ballot, meaning people were asked whether they would vote for a democrat or republican, democrats are winning by double digits. beating a republican by 13 points, which is big, the biggest lead so far this year. as far as what that would mean for the balance of power in the house after next years election, i want to bring in steve kornacki. steve, how are things looking right now a little less than a year before the midterms? >> well, we have a couple of different metrics...

Middle class tax cut? he would have had democrats on board. >> dafbds point is the right one on this, chris. you need the republican base, the rank and file of republicans to be the votes for this. i understand, yes, could they have -- look ierk always remind people, ten democratic senators are up for re-election next year in states that donald trump won, five of those in states he won by double digits. in theory you say we want to do a middle class tax plan, can we bring those people in? in the...

Democrat seems willing to vote to cut the top rate to 37% or reform a corporate tax code that democrats have long recognized as anti-competitive. had they engaged with republicans to provide 60 votes they surely could have influenced the bill. is this something they will live to regret? marc. >> absolutely. there are 10 democrats running last year in states trump won and five that he won by double digits. none of those democrats are voting for this tax bill or bothered to engage the president to...

Revving up. weve had three-quarters to 3% growth consumer confidence high, small business confidence high, corporate ceo confidence high and all of that points add growth and all of those things point to a good year in 2018 and the presidents approval rating on the economy are significantly higher than is personal approval or job approval ratings which shows that people are getting that the economy is getting better just lots of things he does and says to keep that from getting in the way of tha...