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Teachers are waking up. >> trace: you wrote in the "wall street journal" here, even democrats are adapting to real political realities. its clear for both parties its becoming politically profitable to support education freedom. thats because parents have woken up far too long in k-12 education. the only groups that demanded attention were unions representing the employees in the system. now the kids have a union of their own. their parents. are we about to see more options, especially for kids ...

Recession in this coming year. i think that is when he won the variables, like gas prices. biden said his numbers went up and went down, how expensive gasoline was. that is going to be -- true in spades if we have a serious recession. yes, its one of the things that could imperil his presidency. but right now, right now hes riding the wave that -- it is very positive. >> paul, theres a lot of talk about vice president harris running if biden doesnt run. is there any reason to think she would cle...

Got elected in iowa, who is 89. and he won by 12 points. so i dont think people see age as disqualifying right now. >> david gergen, what do you think of that? >> i think a lot of americans see it as, quote, both disqualifying. and they worried about it. i think paul is right. the pendulum has swung now. i think the dynamics of the rate of change in the last few days with the midterm election. before the midterms, it was clear that joe biden was going to be under a lot of quiet pressure from wit...

White house state dinner last night that she and the president already for his reelection campaign. here to talk about, a democratic strategist and cnn political compare paul begala, also cnn analyst david gergen whose career advising presidents going goes back to the nixon administration. and cnn politics sunday anchor abby phillips. i should say the state dinner was last week, i apologize. paul, if the president does run in 2024 and wins reelection, he would be 82 when he takes the oath for a ...

Midterm and karl rove hit it on the head. what it doesnt tell us what it means for donald trump in a presidential primary of his own. if he looks weaker now, oh, wow, maybe 12 or 15 other republicans will say, i can beat him. well, thats how he succeeded the first time in 2015 and 2016 so in many respects in florida theyre saying bring it on. he wants a big field. the reality is i was in georgia and one thing herschel walker didnt do, he didnt appeal to -- didnt change his message at all or appe...

But believe me, there would be 10 or 20 democrats flooding the field. but i dont think its going to happen. one of the most remarkable things about the midterm, anderson, it was in a time when everybody is upset. its great time to be incumbent. it doesnt make any sense, and yet it happened. 96% of governors who sought re-election won. 100% of senators. thats never happened in american history where 100% of senators who sought re-election won. and i think what it is -- im not sure. i could be wro...

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>> yeah. well, the lengths that hes gone when he does receive support from these people to not alienate them is just remarkable. he clearly is embracing them. i mean, this is the big difference between -- you remember that moment where somebody stood up and raised the racist birther conspiracy about obama at a john mccain town hall and john mccain stood up and he said no, were not doing that. right? and thats really the big difference between donald trump and many of the leaders of the republica...

The last and final midterm is over. washington is bracing here for a dividing government. democrats did build their senate control with that win in georgia. republicans, though, will control the house in this new year, and that means if you thing about it, while were all used to divided government, we talk about polarization, in the new biden era, its the first time this president faces divided government, faces this opposition in the house. what will it look like? will there be any room for pol...

Since the midterm election where you had a senate that responded to those disappointing midterm losses by doing nothing other t trtp t than sabotaging their whats the case of voting republicans for senate after this midterm? i dont think one was attempted to be made. nothing seems to be changing. you didnt see a lot of enthusiasm there. >> look at how close it was though? >> what did we say? this was winnable. i know you didnt want any change. i like ronald mcdaniel. is this is like a warning si...