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Referendum democrats are not going to win. so the best chance is to try to focus more voters on whether they support what a likely republican -- what republican control of congress is likely to mean. and one of the things- one of the items in that argument certainly is going to be weather a republican house or senate or both would make it easier for trump to try to steal the 2024 election? that may be the best chance democrats have to excite their voters, who as you noted in the traditional mid-...

Congress, what does biden offer without stepping on his own call for unity, what does he offer democrats to get excited about? >> laura: well, it turns out very little. first lets take a little trip down memory lane. in 2010 republicans enjoyed their biggest midterm gain ever picking up more than 60 seats in the house. remember that? just two weeks before that election, republicans enjoyed what was then an historic enthusiasm gap of 14 points. how does that compare to this year? according to the...

Republicans, toward trump in particular, because that snap shot is highly unlikely to produce a kind of a positive verdict between now and november. >> but wait, quickly let me push on that pushing the focus toward trump be, right we saw how that did not work recently. >> right. >> is that the smartest option for democrats, to look backwards? >> no, no, pushing the focus towards republicans including trump. >> okay. >> what you always hear from the party in pow when people are diso satisfied is ...

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Tracking the sub. and watching an uptick in cases. the mayor is adamant that all new yorkers should aim to prevent the spread. >> i would continue to say. that you should keep your mask on your children with the sligh diptych that we are proceeding, we are telling everyone to take special precautions. for not the masks stay on in implicate and day care settings but they face off in court continues. >> thank you very much. with the midterm suggest months away and president bidens pull sinking, we...

That is what is currently missing from the white house. >> he is upside down in pulling on home so -- on almost every single issues i the numbers of only gotten wors since hes been in office. the first midterm election for any president is really tough for them. we are just a few months out of that well just wait and see to. i want to talk about the vice president office today. this at another person to leave. the deputy chief of staff the latest aid to depart the office. at least 12 out of 20 o...

Cost of living. they are looking at the economy. its a time of inflation. this is one of the things this white house and the democratic party at large are trying to remind people they want to be seen as the folks bringing down household costs. weve seen this white house try to take steps to alleviate prices at the gas pump overall with inflation and, of course, this is just another reminder of that as they try to set themselves up for a midterm that looks like its going to be bruising but they t...

Care and specifically, obamacare playing into the midterm strategy for democrats? >> sure. sure. i think -- you know, youre going to brag about things that people like that youve done and tell people, let them remember, that republicans tried to get rid of it, although they couldnt. very difficult to take something away from people, once they have it. but there were many opportunities to repeal it when republicans controlled the congress. and donald trump was president. and they did not do that....

Through the first term year. >> he virtually could say your midterm year is going to be a rough one. they are having lunch right now in a smaller oval, the same as they had lunch every tuesday of their administration. boy, do they have a lot to talk about. one thing the former president is making his trip inside, part of it talking to advisers for both men, that obama wanted to give biden space here. this is his administration. theres been divergence on foreign policy. now is the time to bring h...

Lot of eligible people that have to get enrolled, so there certainly -- we wish we were further, but we have, as president obama said, a framework to get to universal coverage. >> nia, lets talk about -- well, phil just mentioned the turn around of public opinion on the affordable care act. weve got a poll that shows, in april of 2010, this, of course, is before that, as president obama then called it the s shellacking of the midterm. six-point spread on favorability there. now, 14 points for th...