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Complexities that go into this. >> so you ran the cbo under a republican president and under a democrat. all of a sudden, it seems like the cbo is getting politicized. even before this number is dropped, you heard the white house and other republicans sort of bad mouthing it, saying they really dont have any legs to stand on in this. did you ever face that when you were heading -- >> oh, certainly. the clinton administration was not very happy with cbos estimate of the clinton/health care bill, ...

Every republican in the senate including this president in the white house ran on repealing or replacing obamacare. thats the one thing they have in common, right? sean spicer made this candidate moment when he said, this is it, guys. speaking to republicans. if you want to repeal obamacare, this is the only way to do it. its the only vehicle that we have to do it. so i think its going to come down to a lot of arm twisting, a lot of bullying particularly among president trump who has a lot of ju...

Which they have been promising for seven years and by the next mid-terms, 14 million more americans will be uninsured. the brunt of that will be borne by people who tended to vote for donald trump. older americans of modest incomes. one of the most interesting number itself in that cbo report was a 64-year-old who makes $26,500 a year so modest incomes, older americans, would end up paying 60% of his or her incomes in health insurance premiums under the republican health care plan. >> that is no...

While. were getting beaten up with this health care thing. the voters will be penalized. i wonder if the next shoe to drop isnt trump saying, lets slow down and take a fresh look at this. >> highlighting the difference between paul ryan saying this is the bill or nothing. donald trump calls it a big, beautiful negotiation. those are not compatible views. >> president trump has been reluctant to call this trumpcare. he is not a man who is averse to putting his name on things. the moment he is ful...

The president in the mid-terms typically doesnt do very well in the elections. thats my analysis. >> these are one of those votes that do go down in history. thats why youre looking so closely before you cast a vote on this bill or whatever bill ends up hitting the floor. congressman, great to have you, thanks for coming in. >> kate, great to be with you, thank you for having me. coming up for us, the republican congressman facing cries of racism for his tweets about civilization and, quote, s...

Bloodbath in the mid-terms in 2018 if they dont do something to replace obamacare because its going to implode. particularly will suffer if they repeal obamacare but dont have anything to replace it with. shep, we hear theres a bowling party and pizza party here at the white house. members of congress are coming over and clearly the white house is going to be talking to them about the way to get healthcare through. interesting to see how much this white house has used the bowling alley. ten-pin ...

President trump issuing a stern warning to fellow republicans. if his partys plan to repeal and replace obamacare fails, you can expect, in his words, a bloodbath in the 2018 mid-terms. the white house is doing a full court press to try to get their party on board. >> winning over conservative media could be key. a headline this morning on breitbart.com, the site that used to be run by steve bannon who now works in the white house, it says, freedomworks opposes speaker ryans obamacare 2.0 plan. ...

Wayside, and the 50-state strategy for organizing at the state level, local level, county level, that was essentially ignored. you can see, there are a lot more republicans located at the state level and local level, than democrats in the last eight years. we cant focus on the white house. weve got mid-terms coming up. there are about six red states that are vulnerable. you have to pick a president, in four years to take on donald trump. youve got to get organized and give resources and monies t...

Its a power in uniting together, the more progressive side of the party and tom perez part of the party. and its really smart to do so. you also note that tom perez listed off a slew of races they already have on their radar. that theyre going to focus on really working to turn out the democratic vote in some of these races. and thats critical. and she understands that time is of the essence, its not about getting up and talking platitudes, its important to communicate message. they clearly have...

Challenge for members of both parties. ive had a number of town halls and coffees since the election. and theyre challenging, because people are very upset, and they are desperately concerned about which way the country is going. but i think the best thing representatives can do is hear people out. and what we hope to accomplish is to have that energy turn productivively into changing governance in the country. >> you want it to help you in the 2018 mid-terms, the challenge, youre right, is how ...