Page 618 - Midterm News Today

2010 was his first midterm and democrats set a whopping 63 house seats and six senate seats. now the democrats are in disarray. serious battle brewing on capitol hill between far left democrats like nancy pelosi and even further left-wing democrats like the socialists, alexandria ocasio-cortez. she actually joined a climate change protest, get this. outside of pelosis office. take a look. [cheers and applause] >> its not about a person, a personality, but to show whoever is a speaker. and we nee...

House and to see that majority vanish in his first midterm. the first two clinton and bomb recover -- and obama recovered in one election. >> thank you so much for that. more than 20 years after the clinton scandal, im going to talk to two reporters who are experts on this countrys biggest political scandal since watergate. watergate. thats a win. but its not the only reason i switched. the geico app makes it easy to manage my policy. i can pay my bill, add a new driver, or even file a claim. ...

Sizable majority in the house, and then watched that majority vanish in the first midterm election, and the first is bill clinton and barack obama both rebounded and two years later won re-election and what is donald trumps fate going be in 2020? >> steve, that is raising a a question, a question, and that brings in jen, and when you look at the 2020 democratic contenders, i am counting more than 20, and you have probably more names on your list, but the fact is that which way does the party go?...

The white house and yet is stepping forward to say, i want a deputy security advisor removed from office. this is an cater ofindicator of dysfunctional white house and what americans have to deal with the next two years. >> plr plenty of instances from eleanore roosevelt and others where they advised a president to fire someone and to move on, but that was always done quietly and back stage, just the way any other member of the administration who is advising that someone be fired. they would do ...

You talk to people theres a desire for someone that that role who has more of a political antenna. john kelly has never been that type of chief of staff. theres a number of reasons around at this time why the president might be thinking about this is finally the moment when he might want to replace john kelly. are other potential changes related to the midterm results or were in this chronic state of wonder who is next to go from the trump white house. is it just an extension of what we have bee...

House. saying the mid terms are a cause for someone to leave, doesnt make since when you continue to claim the midterms were a big success. when you look at previous changes they have been around the midterm. rahm emmanuel left the white house before the midterms so he avoi of that 2010 loss. the cleef of staff position ihia modern invention. president trump doesnt think he needs a chief of staff.

The white house and yet is stepping forward to say, i want a deputy security advisor removed from office. this is an indicator of a dysfunctional white house and what americans have to deal with the next two years. >> plr plenty of instances from eleanore roosevelt and others where they advised a president to fire someone and to move on, but that was always done quietly and back stage, just the way any other member of the administration who is advising that someone be fired. they would do it qui...

Spoke on the condition of anonymity painted a picture of a brooding president, trying to decide who to blame for republican election losses, even as he publicly and implausibly continues to claim victory. so what are you hearing about how likely he is to take out his frustration by firing some senior staffers and how quickly could that happen? >> reporter: well, the latest from the white house is that mira ricardel, much of the attention was on her yesterday, the deputy national security adviser...

Going to be? >> you know, the one thing that i know that he gets enthusiastic about is a good fight, and so youll see the president start picking fights with everyone inside the white house, outside the white house, in his own party, in the opposition. he likes a good fight. without the boogeyman, donald trump is nothing but someone who is just constantly down, down, down, and thats what youre seeing. during the rallies when he was in the midterm campaign season, he was enthusiastic because he c...

Usually after midterms, and probably well be right in that category, too. i think its very customary. >> any timeline? >> no timeline. >> youve got a lot of white house staff. some have been talking about leaving. general kelly has been rumored to -- >> people leave. people leave. >> nancy cook of politico whos ing by tonight to join us as the co-author of a report that paints the white house as increasingly on the edge and a staff in turmoiled. "bottled up hostility in president donald trumps a...