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Like him to step down, that sends a big signal. >> and thats fine, im sure hes right. hes going to have another part of life. i hope all members of congress have other things to do, being a member of congress is not the only thing that defines them. good for bobby rush. but i dont think they would happen if they thought they would keep the majority. you know, all the proof you need in 2018 when donald trump was in the first midterm election, republicans had 34 members retire going into the 2018 ...

Boy, this december looks like december 2017. you know, but just in the mirror image. things didnt look good for democrats in december 2013, if you will, nor december 2009. nothings baked, but how worried should democrats be? >> oh, i dont think we need to tell them they should be worried because they are worried with good reason. this is just another indicator that democrats probably will have a bad year in 2022. i say "probably" because in our business, chuck, we all have a vivid imagination. w...

Primary. what the former communications direct for for alexandria ocasio-cortez told plitica on january 1st, deeply unpopular, as old as shizzle, and less for judges or whatever the hell score card we are using, and demolished in the midterms. d.c. is filled with people who want to be president. sounds like a pretty accurate read for the way democrats are thinking. >> all that is true. one massive caveat, not that im taking joe bidens side. bill clinton got his clock cleaned in his first midterm...

Later in a presidential election. joe biden has a unique problem, hes going to be 82 years old if he runs for election in 2024. he has his own problem where the voters might not think, likely say, you are too old, joe, we are not electing an 82-year-old president. so set that aside, i do not put any predictive powers on what happens in the midterm to influence what will happen in the big tidal wave of 2024, thats a separate wave in 2022. >> john: and you have lived through this personally, you k...

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Their loans in that same time frame. how does the wealth gap and interest rates, how does that factor? >> well, it factors in a big way as i write in my column. the wealth gap, wealth disparities, race gap, race disparities have to be factored in. if were going to be a more fair country. and i think this movement would -- this motion on the part of the president and the administration would also show commitment to addressing the race gap, the wealth disparity. and not to be -- im as much about t...

Happens in mid terms if and there is a lickly chance that democrats could lose power. and so the biden administration has to go forward with voting rights w. build back better, with a covid-19 new package to make sure that the american people feel as though we are protected, that our public health is at the forefront of our minds as well as the economy. the biden administration has all of these things to tackle as well as grappling with the ability to have control and leadership of the democrati...

This is following that pathway, evolving traits to get around immunity, immunity provided by infections and transmit highly immunized populations so it will settle and probably 60 coronavirus was just like the others before. william: thank you very much. >> thanks. julie: democrat closing out the year with even more retirements, could the party lose its majority in the midterm? a rush to the exit continues. we will look at that, next. ♪♪

Moment. do they vote in november? do they vote in november saying we need to try again or say, you know why? my vote doesnt matter. thats the problem. especially in a midterm, motivating younger voters, disillusioned voters. joe biden needs every democrat to participate. we have been surprised. right now all the data, all the history tells you the democrats are in for a shellacking. we have been surprised many times in recent years because of the volatility of our politics and people have turned...

Earth of the priorities from president biden price take agenda with this massive tax and spending program build that better which one of their own, senator joe mansion, blew up right before christmas. >> this is a no. this is a no one this legislation. >> for any negotiation rome police from her gun reform those failed and they have bigger to how to deliver on immigration so what is at the top 2022 to do list? change the filibuster and past voting rights legislation. another uphill battle. >> ar...