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1966, which is the modern high mark, at 49%. possible. you know, dana, i would say that the 2010 midterm was extremely important. the 1994 midterm. 2006 midterm. weve had a lot of important midterms. everything appears to be more important than it is because its today. but in the historical context, this will be important, but there have been a lot of others, too. >> dana: what will you look at on tuesday night after its all said and done and all the counting is finished. what do you look for in...

Speaker, return to the speakership. should she have just sort of laid low in these last four days? >> no, i dont think so, dana. i think you have a die tphapl nick both parties that are working hard to get to their base. 45 million fewer people historically vote in a midterm than a presidential. you need to get your votes out. thats what i think shes doing. i dont blame her for that. shes a useful tool for republicans. >> dana: she certainly has raised a ton of money in red to blue districts. th...

Fox today, weve got the big fox square being built outside. it will be like a slumber party with no sleep. it feels almost as exciting as a presidential election year and its a midterm? >> its amazing. i think a lot of that has to do with the fact that the person that was interviewed right there says, these are pretty divided times. the other thing is, we have a guy like president trump, whos treating this -- >> dana: like a presidential election. >> he is not ceding any ground. that can cut bot...

Are five candidates who have just recently said they would vote against her. what do you think her thinking is today as she heads into this midterm and is feeling the wind at her back. >> she does have a history of being wylie on the inside. shes proved that years ago when she wasspeaker. there are two issues at play. one whether the democrats have sufficient majority. they have a five vote margin, then shes in deep deep trouble. if they have a 15 to 20 vote margin, shes probably safe. the congr...

Themselves. also they would do something on health care. thats their basic number one issue. people at gallup say their pollsteres say number one issue across the country, healthcare. will either of those issues have anything happen within the next two years in this scenario regardless of who takes over or the republicans maintain a many jurorty? >> no. i see two years of maneuvering by both parties to set themselves up for 2020. margins will be too small for anybody to do anything of any signif...