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Move, if his approval rating ticks up and what weve been looking at now and the last year were looking at a lot of traditional metrics pointing in one direction, pointing towards what history suggests will happen this year. if that doesnt happen, one of the questions posed by 2016, are the rules of politics permanently altered or was 2016 sort of an aberration? that story will become clear as time passes. this is a key data point this year what happened this midterm. >> there is a lot more to sa...

Washington right now. you look at that 22, there are a lot that come from seats potentially competitive and a lot looking at their first potentially competitive re-election race and you know what, im not so much in the mood for that. i will walk away. maybe i dont want to lose or lose a lot of money. psychologically, its safe to say thats where republicans are, bracing for a potential of a wave this year. >> when you look at these things, do you think their psychological frame of mind a good met...

Tom. this is not what he had in mind. if these trends continue, it will be the worst democratic appearance in a race like this in 50s years. >> democrats lost eight senate seats and 52 house seats held by the then speaker of the house. that was as well years after a similar shellacking happened to ronald reagan, not eight years, sorry, never do math on live television. that first midterm for bill clinton, 1994, republicans called it their revolution at the time. it wasnt actually a revolution, a...

Because some are running for the senate, running for governor, theyre not really retiring and actually see opportunity this year. you look at the core group actually retiring and walking away, that number brings you down to 22. that 22, by comparison, think back to one of the last major election waves we had in the midterm, 2010, democrats got shellacked with barack obama, how many democrats fit into that pure retirements, 11. half the number we have now. go back to 2006, republicans got shellac...

Potentially competitive and a lot looking at their first potentially competitive re-election race and you know what, im not so much in the mood for that. i will walk away. maybe i dont want to lose or lose a lot of money. psychologically, its safe to say thats where republicans are, bracing for a potential of a wave this year. >> when you look at these things, do you think their psychological frame of mind a good metric? >> thats the interesting thing. the same republicans before election day in...

Weve been talking tonight about the growing push to abolish ice by many in the democratic party, is it a winning midterm message or is it risky for democrats to take this on. is it going to maybe help the gop. we have angela wry and jason miller here now for a great debate. lets start with the operative premise. jason miller, immigration has popped up all of a sudden not that we readily need it. people put it ahead of the economy in terms of what they might vote on in november. and on the issue ...

Enforcement agents like marshals, fbi, aft, et cetera have. >> real quick, congressman, what do you say to folks who -- trump looks like he is very happy to have this conversation. are you playing into his hands? >> yeah. i think thats a concern that i talked to with my colleagues. were providing him with additional ammunition. quite frankly, the rhetoric around immigration, the rhetoric about increasing enforcement, rhetoric about the bigotry that comes with this issue as well, its not going to...

Accountability, doesnt have the same structure as any other federal law enforcement for that matter even a town or city police department. there are so many things that have gone on that focusing on this issue is important. this whole midterm is going to be about this same rhetoric that were hearing from the president today. >> so you remember the congressional hispanic caucus. cnn is reporting that the caucus has been circulating talking points that push back on what youre talking about. that p...

Premiums skyrocket while congress is no closer to repealing or replacing. what does that mean for the midterms. more from capitol hill. >> reporter: one of the main midterm issues is a law that was signed eight years ago. >> of their female doctor and house? >> reporter: obamacare, 9600 political ads express support for the affordable care act according to the kaiser family foundation was party leaders bringing the supreme court fight as one about donald,s signature -- one judge on donald trumps...

Become a political way to get people out to the polls. >> oh, exactly. i mean, they are looking at any way they can to get the votes for the midterm even if they try to abolish ice, to even get the mexican popular vote. to me, thats -- what are they going to do after that? what are they going to do with the problem after that. if they do abolish ice, what are they going to do with dangerous people here? who is going to take care of them? steve: also, i understand you are still waiting for those ...