Page 335 - Mid Terms News Today

Message of their one big accomplishment thus far legislatively. i think its going to be a lot tougher to get any more legislative points on the board in 2018. we already sort of see the parameters of what this election is going to look like, and democrats are gearing up to run hard against this tax bill. >> you know the other thing that strikes me, susan, when we think back of history. we think of the recent presidents whove had brutal mid-terms for their parties, barack obama the dems lost 63 s...

15, 20 years weve been finding ways to finance it ourselves. >> rick: how big a distraction to the think the mid-terms will be in 2018? >> i think they will be substantial. they will be fairly shrill. and our example from the house ways and means committee and the entire republican house this year is we sort of demonstrated do our work, we did a lot of really big things this year, and try to block out some of the crazy noise. because the noise is theater and our job is actually to do policy that...

Stood really strongly behind in the house is an effort to reform the sexual harassment policy and they are talking about rolling out a bill in the house as early as mid-january. and there is a companion bill in the senate that has strong bipartisan support and support from really high-profile members from both parties. so were expecting to see some action on that fairly soon. >> julie: we are looking at washington and the republicans have a majority in the senate and house but that majority lead...

Successful toward tend of the year in passing major legislation that could help them come the mid-terms. how do the democrats move forward before the mid-terms? >> you know, there is still a big question about whether there will be a democratic wave in 2018. my colleagues have been writing about that whether what we saw in alabama is something that democrats can replicate in other races. there were a lot of unique aspects to that race. but there were some kind of major trends that analysts said ...

The president is telling his wealthy friends at mar-a-lago. well, i think we saw what he is trying to sell this tax bill to different groups of people t. biggest they will have to sell it to is the middle class. that is something the republicans will do as they get closer an closer to the mid-terms next november. wausau him speaking to a small but narrow group about how he thinks it will help them. he has to make that argument to the rest of the country t. democrats will continue to cast it as t...

Figure it out. >> capri, last question. democrats have high hopes. theyre talking about a democratic wave in the mid-terms. either party typically loses seats. is this a small gain for the democrats or a large gain? were going to keep the tapes and have you back this next year. is it going to be a democratic wave yes or no? >> i dont think so. i think its going to be down to turnout and what happens in the next 11 months in the economy and in the political climate. so too early to tell. id say m...

Building the wall, how to fund it, etc. we know mitch mcconnell and paul ryan will head to camp david to try to get everybody on the same page whether to go after infrastructure or immigration or defense spending first. what are the must-dos for republicans in 2018 to keep the momentum going into the mid-terms. >> the first thing is to pass the spending bill. they did a last-minute fix that only goes until january 19th. they have to fund the government and this is even here well see some disunio...

>> after years of gains, theres growing concerns that the republicans could see losses in the mid-terms. the hill is reporting some republicans are worried after the 2018 mid-terms if theres significant voter backlash against trump on the local level. this could all start to change. next years election takes on special meaning because of the upcoming redistricting process that could begin with the 2020 census. state legislatures are responsible for crafting the maps. so voters like democrats to ...

Legislation that doesnt solve the problem that were looking to solve because we dont think through some of the unintended consequences of how people can get around it, is it something that can supply with in terms of how the office structure is set up with the budget. its not just the fund that they have been paying the claims out on. theyve also been secretly paying them out. theres more work to be done. >> as we look to the mid-terms, im seeing a list of more women joining the competition. so ...

Look, we learned our lesson in alabama, in virginia. the key in alabama is lets vet or candidates better, make sure we dont put up another roy moore on the ticket when we have to go out and defend him, which i did not, for the record. vetting proper candidates is key. robert raises a good point, the presidents approval ratings are not good. if hes still continuing to be in the low 30s as we move into the mid-terms, my view, keep him off the campaign trail, keep him back with the rnc raising mone...