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Democrats? >> boy, ed, i dont know. i think that its not going to be just this vote. i think its going to be spending at large. i think its going to be the slowing economy. i think its going to be disgust with the politicians in general. >> as things stand right now do you think the republicans will pick up a lot of seats? >> i do. i think theyll pick up between 45 and 50 seats because of the variety of things i just mentioned. but thats my prediction, yes. >> john, what message -- i mean, how a...

To repeal this health takeover. john, do you stand on that line? >> well, ed, i think its going to be awfully hard to repeal this bill as long as president obama is president. i think if republicans want to do something along those lines theyll have to come up with a very good strategy to get to different parts of that bill and repeal the most onerous parts. i think you said earlier in the program, thats awfully hard to repeal things that are politically popular. i give you a perfect example. na...

One group is already launching a million dollar ad campaign, thanking 14 potentially vulnerable house democrats for voting yes to the health bill. >> to influence members of congress the insurance companies hired 2,049 lobbyists to try and get their way. but the insurance companies didnt win. because congressman allen boyd said no to big insurance and yes to standing up for us. >> karen finney is a democratic strategist and msnbc analyst and john feury is a republican strategist. good to have yo...

>> i think the republicans have a level of energy but inside that energy is their own problem and fissures and they are basically at the behest of a fringe group taking kroefl the party and their leaders are scared of it. >> do you agree, karen? >> absolutely. the tea partiers are pulling the republican party farther and farther to the right more and more to the fringe so moderate republicans, were already seeing this play itself out in a number of races across the country. i can think of one in...

Country is at stake. >> john, how can your candidates align themselves with that kind of hate speech and have any kind of positive message? >> karen, you know better than anybody the democrat party is a big coalition and they all came together because they disliked george bush so much. >> we came together frankly to pass health care reform, john. >> you didnt actually come together. you had about 35 democrats who voted -- >> thank you, karen and john. its still a hot topic, folks. >> thank you. ...