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Republican party in the moment to be able to say they passed significant legislation after a year of really a lot of stumbles, particularly on their effort to repeal and replace the affordable care act, and several other major things that theyve attempted to do. however, we dont know whats going to happen in the 2018 mid-terms. democrats, as you read there, are very eager to use this as a weapon. and several republicans are concerned that it will actually hurt them back home. right here in calif...

Every district. even president barack obama by the time he was in office a year or two was not welcome in every district for reelection. he could raise money, but in particular for republicans, i think that there is going to be a radioactive factor with president trump. >> i think democrats will be the ones decks tending the invitation. in mid-terms, the presidents are often unpopular and not desired in the races, but in this case its worse than usual. he will do two things. one is he has the po...

Republicans have pushed it through with blinding speed and polling showing much of the public is sour on the proposal. assistant managing editor of politics at "the l.a. times," and the national political reporter of "the new york post." its the question of the hour, will they have margin enough? worst case scenario is for them to lose two votes because of medical reasons. >> yeah, it looks like they are going to have the votes. it would be a victory for the trump white house and this republican...

Assistant managing editor of politics at "the l.a. times," and the national political reporter of "the new york post." its the question of the hour, will they have margin enough? worst case scenario is for them to lose two votes because of medical reasons. >> yeah, it looks like they are going to have the votes. it would be a victory for the trump white house and this republican party in the moment to be able to say they passed significant legislation after a year of really a lot of stumbles, pa...

Very clearly and no uncertain terms if that news was true he was very unhappy with it. the speaker assured the president that those were not accurate reports and that they look forward to working together for a long time to come. >> i spoke to someone in ryans inner circle today who said to me that while the soul-searching aspect of this is true, this is sort of like pall ryans mount everest. hes going to climb it, he think hes going to get to the top, but after youve got to assess what youre go...

Of the aisle. republicans didnt know her. and democrats didnt like her. so how is that going to -- how are we going to use that to message the community when shes not even credible or well liked by the black community? >> shermichael, stand by. stand by, everyone, because were going to come back. im going to keep you guys and hold you over the break. when we come back, could energized black voters, women and young people, the biggest threat to the trump presidency in the coming mid-terms, could ...

Hoping to get from the president has kind of disappearing. the one remaining promise that looked viable has also not happened. >> switching topics. the rumor mill has paul ryan out some time after the mid-terms. ryans office insists he is going to stick around. i know when you were there in the house, you worked with the spee speaker. what say you? do you think he sticks around or do you think his days for the lower chamber are short? >> i think its more than likely he leave. heres why. hes a st...

The president like tuesday back a winner. thats the one thing he sort of this agree with, this is anyway a referendum on himself. >> is he a guy whos sigh saying we havent lost while the people around him day to day in the office they dont agree? where does that stand? >> well, the people in the office do make one point that the president is also making, they sort of say, look, this isnt a referendum on him. they say endorsements of any sort or sort of overrated and dont matter that much. but i ...

For him and possibly other republicans to speak out and say, hey, at time when the top problem in this country is not jobs, its income and equality. how can we find extra money here to help working familys? >> donny deutsche, i think thats why, if you look at again from branding and you have to look at it from branding, because, certainly, if youre a republican leader who sees how badly things are going for the gop, you have to wonder, how do we pass this bill after our attempt to repeal obamaca...

Just as much. you saw in the polls alabama was won by trump a lot, but this is about trump as well. this is a much more electorate that doesnt like trump. the turn out may be full of democrats, republicans who dont like trump while republican who is do stay home. this is not just about moore, but maybe about trump in alabama. >> thats a critical piece of the puzzle, you think about a mid-term map. its all about your base turning out. democrats are coming out and we saw it in new jersey and large...