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Instead, one that leans heavily on this midterm vote being a referendum on donald trump himself. and as "the new york post" cover so aptly says this morning, the president is confident in that strategy. but should he be? joining me now, former rnc chairman michael steele. hes also an msnbc political analyst. also with me, democratic strategist and former adviser to bill clintons campaign, james carville. thank you so much for coming. michael, first to you. the economy is doing well. were seeing ...

Movement in that race in claire mccaskills direction, and you see that in a couple other states as well. >> and whats your favorite east coast either congressional district or statewide race that you, steve schmidt, will be looking at tomorrow night? >> im going to be looking at that indiana race early, the donnelly race, and of course the georgia governors race and the florida governors race. for republicans, theyre going to need to do what happened two years ago. theyre going to have to pull a...

>> phil rucker, you predicted this. i know its not an art form, but what do you think is coming later this week? >> brian, the white house has been preparing for a pretty major shake-up on the staff of the white house and within the cabinet. you know, the midterm is sort of a natural transition point for most administrations where, you know, people who are tired of being in government service for two years will look for an exit. but that may be in overdrive for president trump, and there is some...

That im hearing from sort of his outer circle advisers are things like pointing to paul ryan as a potential fall guy for all this and this issue of censorship and social media, this ad not being aired, this immigration ad they didnt want to air. and there is this undertone bubble of conversation that, oh, you can see the narratives. i wouldnt be possible if that makes it to his twitter feed. >> phil rucker, you predicted this. i know its not an art form, but what do you think is coming later thi...

Florida governors race. for republicans, theyre going to need to do what happened two years ago. theyre going to have to pull an inside straight. there is a lot of close races coming into the final weekend of polling. we dont have any really good new data after last thursday or friday. we have some of the nbc/marist polls. all of those polls suggest movement on the democratic side. but we just have to wait and see. what we do know is this might be the largest turnout, midterm election, looking m...

Ally of president trump. if floridans vote for desantis but dont re-elect nelson, which doesnt seem likely, but it could point to a political advantage rubio has. so im occur canus about that. >> and todays midterm elections -- >> by the way, florida, it has really broke en the past couple of days hasnt it, susan? >> it has. you thought rick scoot coutt co take on nelson. be desantis is pulling him down and gillum is helping nelson. i dont think anyone saw that as the state of play for florida. ...

Me? you then combine that with whats happening with the caravan or what they are told by the president and by the most watched news network in the country is happening with that caravan. and it really instills a sense of fear. what i will say, though, has got me thinking maybe this isnt going to work for republicans in the way they hoped. i went to enough of these rallies over the last few weeks. i talked to one person who told me theyd voted early. republican rallies, that is. i dont know that ...

That, as you recognized, either voted for trump or, in minnesota, barely did hillary win. its a change. these governor races. i talked to our candidate, fred hubble in iowa. hes feeling good down there. you look at illinois. you look at how well tammy baldwin is doing. i talked to her this morning over in wisconsin. and in these incredible congressional races in the suburbs, where i think were going to take back two seats in two congressional races in minnesota. both currently held by republican...

To need to do what happened two years ago. theyre going to have to pull an inside straight. there is a lot of close races coming into the final weekend of polling. we dont have any really good new data after last thursday or friday. we have some of the nbc marist polls. all of those polls suggest movement on the democratic side. well have to wait and see. what we do know is this might be the largest turnout, midterm election, looking more like a presidential election than a typical midterm. when...

According to the early nbc news exit polls, 16% of voters nationwide are first-time midterm voters. people who have never, ever voted in a midterm election. among those, this is the democrat/republican split. 61% of them supporting a democratic candidate, 36% supporting a republican candidate. now 16% may sound like a sliver of the electorate. but turning out for the first time to vote in a midterm? thats the kind of -- those are the people that democrats are targeting. >> that is how the democr...