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Obama lost seats in the 2010 midterm elections. and now, the affordable care act is so popular that joe biden wants to use to help him stave off losses in the upcoming midterm. and thats what obama is going to do. he is so popular, they want him out there talking about the affordable care act. talking about what joe biden can do for you. talking about the gains the economy has made, the recovery from the pandemic. and they believe that theres no better spokesperson than barack obama. and i belie...

That midterm, what did you think? >> having worked on that issue when i was in the white house and nowing how fraught it was politically in 2010, its extraordinary now. now that its become a reality and helped millions of people how much of a political asset its determined. thats why the president invited president obama back today. he wants to underscore not just his role as vice president in the original passage but all the things hooe done to strengthen it during his year and a half as presid...

Get started at longlivedogs.com next hour, an obama/biden reunion at the white house. its a celebration of the affordable care act and its the first time the former president is back at the white house since he left office in january 2017. this 12-year anniversary event reminds us politics can be a strange business, the aca, or obamacare is quite popular now. but that was not the case back in 2010, obamas first midterm election where republicans won 63 house seats and took control of the house...

Emily. >> apparently had strategies every week has been conducting connecting the focus pulled to determine what voters care about. if, for some reason, its allusive to the democratic party. other than a certain basis theyre putting some things that we been continuously discussing. cynicism about politics and the frustrations of the president has failed to deliver on early promises aired somebody for ukraine mixed with a lack of enthusiasm for biden spending too much money and time on the issue ...

And in 2014, 67% enthusiasm, democrats 15. >> thank you. you got to take a step back and take a historical look at this. stop reading so many polls. im a pollster. people are using polls these days for everything. and its just too much polling out there in the public space but lets step back from this. from a historical standpoint, there are dynamics at play in the midterm that quite frankly the president is not the sen -- central variable. whether it be george bush or barack obama or bill clint...

Variable in this in this conversation. i know everyone wants to make the president, the key variables they only if biden were doing better but you can see only if george bush was doing better, only if president clinton was doing better and obama was doing better. they are one variable. what happens during the midterm what were facing now and the same thing you saw with the recent republican presidents is you do have a lack of enthusiasm, a letdown among base democratic voters. when you look at s...

Pledge to unmask kids under five starting today. the mayor blames a rise in covid cases but critics say its doing more harm than anything else. kayleigh mcenany, former white house press secretary. >> kayleigh: hello. >> john: remind people what the new york city mayor said about this. >> i will continue to say to parents that you should keep your mask on your children with the slight uptick we are receiving, telling everyone to take special precautions. >> john: lets quickly remind people eric ...

More leasing on offshores while talking about reducing gas prices appear they send to congress saying we need to lease offshore. these actions total have a crippling effect on the gas and oil industrys desire produce at home. we have lands and waters more than any other nation in the world, including russia. >> todd: very interesting to see if the people get fooled this upcoming midterm. my guess is they will not be fooled and they will see right through it. that is why the democrats are in trou...

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And here we are headed into the midterm election with the former president yet again asking for a favor that would help him with his political campaign. trump has shown us over and over again that he is of the mentality that is not held accountable, not only will he continue to re-engage in whatever you want to characterize it as, political misconduct or criminal behavior, not only will he continue to engage in it, he will double down. he will go a step further. and here we have him reaching out...