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Pelosi have put forward. >> >> the president: i think the pundits are wrong. i think we are gonna win. >> the government we have in washington, d.c. is too big. >> sean: in less than two years president obamas soaring rhetoric of hope and change has deteriorated into a tirade fit for a school yard. never more apparent than of all places the city of brotherly love. at a campaign event president obama doubled down on his partys midterm strategy, blame republicans early and blame republicans often....

A difference. >> reporter: its going to make a big difference for the final two years of at least the first term of the obama administration. well see whether or not he gets a second term. but the bottom line is you heard from robert gibbs trying to protect that optimism. he was on "meet the press" today. its last time he was on that program in july he suggested maybe democrats might lose control of congress. that upset a lot of elected democratic officials. theyre trying to project optimism. wh...

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Tax cuts especially when the republicans want to make headway in both houses. >> certainly a $30 billion fund to give lending to community banks and trying to get money flowing again can possibly help its certainly a lot of money. candy, 1980, ronald reagan elected on a wave of optimism, two years later unemployment rate 10.8%. results of the following midterm election, democrats pick up 27 seats in the house, losing one in the senate. fast forward to 2008, president obama says, yes, we can. we ...

Net 8 governorships, theyll get a dozen additional legislative chambers just in time for redistricting in 2011. when all of the house -- u.s. house districts are redrawn except in the states that only have one representative, and all the state legislative districts wanting to redraw and you know what that means, you stretch your majority over ten years until the the next census. >> jamie: with all the talk about the house and senate i wanted to ask you about the governorships and also, wanted to...

Cry for the midterm legislations. >> the american people will be heard, and well repeal and replace. >> i have pledged as my first act of legislation to put in a repeal obama care law. >> reporter: if republicans win a majority of seats in congress, one of the first seats they promise to do is repeal president obamas signature achievement. health care reform. >> whats your response to that? >> reporter: under a new gop-controlled house, texas congressman joe barton would likely become the key ch...

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