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Will repeat itself in this midterm? >> we divide history already - - defied history already. weve won eight out of nine special elections. we actually have an economy where we have four percent economic growth.unemployment at 3.7 percent. the highest consumer confidence weve ever had and weve lifted up all subgroups including record low unemployment among african-americans and 18-25-year-olds. i think people will reward us for what weve done. we have more work to do. and we have great candidates...

Win back the house.we built our strategy around our candidates. incredible men and women with records of service.many who served in the u.s. military. a former cia and if the eye agents who committed their lives to keeping our country safe. they are connecting talking about personal stories. i never said this would be easy but we made a commitment to leave no stone unturned and thats why im confident we will when the majority in nine short days. >>chris: the fact is history at least is against y...

Dallas county. houston of 213%. 55% to 42%. even though that could reflect a greater enthusiasm right now by democrats potentially republicans would make up for that later on in the next week. >> thats the normal pattern. election day turnout will be more republican everywhere. whats happened in this campaign is both parties to have gotten super energized into me that means overall turnout is definitely going on. we sometimes go up in the 30th 38th percentile. 70% of americans in the 65% not vot...

What makes you think history will repeat itself in this midterm? >> we divide history already - - defied history already. weve won eight out of nine special elections. we actually have an economy where we have four percent economic growth.unemployment at 3.7 percent. the highest consumer confidence weve ever had and weve lifted up all subgroups including record low unemployment among african-americans and 18-25-year-olds. i think people will reward us for what weve done. we have more work to do....

Win back the house.we built our strategy around our candidates. incredible men and women with records of service.many who served in the u.s. military. a former cia and if the eye agents who committed their lives to keeping our country safe. they are connecting talking about personal stories. i never said this would be easy but we made a commitment to leave no stone unturned and thats why im confident we will when the majority in nine short days. >>chris: the fact is history at least is against y...

That line became something of a theme throughout the former presidents speeches today. in two separate speeches he repeatedly called all of the ways that the republican party has embraced the era of blatant mendacity ushered in by the current president. >> what we have not seen before in our public life -- is politicians just blatantly repeatedly, baldly, shamelessly lying. just making stuff up. the president said he passed a middle class tax cut before the next election. congress isnt even in s...

Almost every one of those republicans, they didnt have a caveat. they basically said repeal it. every word of it. >> congressman, there was an article that was posted recently in which your picture appeared quite prominently. the subject of it is how the republicans have handed the democrats a weapon here should the democrats take over the house of the mid term elections, that being unlimited subpoena power. talk about that and the extent to which you think should democrats take over the house a...

Its weird? >> well, it is texas. it is a very conservative state and what we see on tv is obviously a fraction of the entire state. the electoral advantage republicans have going in is substantial. the additional problem in texas and other places is trying to get democratic voters who may turn out in a general election out on a mid term. so thats the challenge for people like beto orourke. but i will say this. i think we in the media and we pundants who write essentially opinion pieces need to r...

Nods to certain people who have not had nods to them politically before and so i think that when you do make that decision as president to engage in these type of rhetoric, its fair to ask whether that can lead to some different outcomes. >> in terms of the impact kimberly, written about the political impact on the upcoming mid term elections. how so? how do you see that? >> i think its hard to tell. i think if over the course of the next week and couple of days there is a continued and concerte...

We have to repeal it. >> i will repeal every word of obamacare. >> if you get elected are you going to vote to repeal and replace obamacare. >> yes, i would. i think its absolutely vital. >> a republican who can actually fully repeal obamacare and replace it with something that puts patients and families not government back in charge of our health care decisions. >> with nine days left until the mid term elections republicans who have spent the last nine years vowing to repeal obamacare, to pull...