Page 819 - Midterm News Today

Gravity and any presidents first midterm is always with the other party and the average loss is more than would be enough if they made their average again, the democrats would get control of the house. they had a huge gap in whats called a generic ballot. thats the one where you ask people if they would rather vote for a democrat or republican unnamed in the upcoming election. normally democrats do well on that ballot. they were up, plus 15 or 16 at one point not very long ago and now that numbe...

Welcome back. you see the united states capitol there. this is the annual ceremony honoring police officers killed in the line of duty. president trump finishing up his remarks, now greeting families at that ceremony. he is sitting down for lunch with senate republicans. both the president and republican senators have some big wants but some competing priorities as well heading into what looks like a challenging midterm for republicans. the president, for example, wants to put some wins on the b...

I think the election -- in 2017 shows from democrat leaning folks and independents and they will come out and i think it will matter to the midterm and i think republicans will lose their jobs. >> the word "traitor" and it reminds me of when steve bannon said that donald trump jr.s meeting with the russians in trump tower was treasonous. not the same word as traitor but when i think of the word traitor, i think what president trump used to describe chelsea manning or edward snowden and steve ban...

August is always out there. what do republican leaders want out of this lunch? they want things to stay consistent. keep in mind it was just october of last year that a republican senator actually brought popcorn to a closed door lunch with president trump. thats how bad things had gotten figuri between the senate republicans and the president. they just want information about how these next couple months will go before the midterm. >> keeping an election year even more complicated. we may see p...

Unpopular president this far into an administration. >> tucker: you are absolutely right. so why arent the democrats going to take the congress and put pelosi back in the speakers seat? >> every election -- we just had that special election in arizona. trump won by 21. the republican won by five. every single republican who won the house last year by 16 points or under has to be looking over their shoulder scared to death because of this momentum. >> tucker: youre right. okay, look. democrats ha...

Approval ratings. i checked today, jimmy carter actually edged them out so hes now second most unpopular president this far into it. >> tucker: you are absolutely right. >> every election -- we just had that special election in arizona. trump won by 21, the republican won by five. every single republican won the house last year by 16 points or under has to be looking over their shoulder scared to death because this momentum. >> tucker: democrats have a lot of energy. its a midterm in the preside...

Effect for president and for a party. it doesnt always get the big headlines. but the base really understands that. >> he has changed the face of the judiciary already. the potential for another supreme court pick. if that happens between now and the mid-terms will dramatically change what that looks like. they will tout that. they will tout tax cuts, the economy and you heard them talk about iran. i think there is some mobilization of trying to make an argument for republicans for the midterm. ...

Of winning at least the nomination. then there are, scattered throughout the suburbs, there are so many women running. thats the other energy thats here. theres a lot of grassroots support. all things being equal on the democratic side particularly to push a woman forward. to at least be the nominee. >> were out of time but i want to ask you really quickly, yes or no, do you think all this energy were seeing in many ways on both sides could lead to, if not record turnout for a midterm, at least ...

The end game for them, a political solution. they believe the worst case scenario ends up in a report to congress, the worst case scenario is a threat of impeachment in the house and the team around the president and rudy giuliani feel confident they wont get to two-thirds of the senate convicting them. this is where we are. what john describes is very important. >> yeah, ive always said this, nicolle, this is always about how people perceive the importance of this process to be. ive always thou...

Republicans because they did not elect extreme candidates who could not win in the general and that is what she is touting, i think. >> lets actually read a portion of allisons piece you wrote after the primaries on tuesday. but the anticipated blue wave like an uphill battle. still democratic advantage. history to tend with in a midterm and a president who will sometimes shout squirrel and have the entire country look away from this long list of accomplishments that republicans can call on. >> ...