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The first point of pushback is a win is a win and two is, youll hear from the republicans, the margin should be this way. this is a midterm. often the out party gets momentum and we dont know what the margin should be ordinarily because the democrats didnt put up people in the last couple of races. so we dont know if this is growth. >> right. to your mcconnell point, hes got an eye on making sure that rock ribbed conservative republicans come out in an off-year election. you want that voter inte...

Debbie will do a great job. press is so silent, the president says. we do like taking viewers suggestions and well talk about arizona right now. not so sure the president will lake what he hears. >> cnns harry eton joins me now. he retains this seat and there is a sign for democrats. >> this say huge seat that donald trump won in 2016, if you look at the past two presidential elections you expect that the republican would win by 25, and did 20 points worse than that. 20 points worse and that is ...

The house and he would be the speaker? it wont be pelosi. it would be? >> i dont know who it would be. i think you are right at the democrats are prepared to move generation of leaders, not sure who it would be. i would sayay this about the election. it is still reasonably early, if it were held today, i think there would be a blue wave. there wont be. we dont know who all the candidates will be. the math is very much in thehe senate side, helpful to the republicans and the house side, of course...

House and who would be the speaker question mike and will be pelosi again. who would it be? >> i dont know who it would be. i think youre right that the democrats are prepared to move on to a new generation of leaders. im just not sure who it would be. i would say this about the election, its still reasonably early. the election were held today, i think it would be a blue wave, but it wont be. we dont know who all the candidates are going to be. the math is very much in the senate side and its h...

The democrats. that might not happen. it did not happen in george w. bushs first midterm largely because of the post 9/11 atmosphere in which his leadership was generally well received and it helped him and his party. i dont know that we have a cause here that would replicate that, so i think its a pill for the republicans all the way, no doubt about it. they would be well advised, as you suggested, to find something to run on or run against to be more powerful than running against the now out o...

Alarm time. >> the house, triage, save the senate? is that where you are? you are a judicial nomination guy? >> i am. ryan is working hard, mccarthy. and doug lamborn doesnt make the pallet in colorado. you say are they fat and happy and working hard. guys like mike gallagher young are. and then people like doug are mailing it in. you cant in a swaying like this. >> dan, it feels early though for a midterm to be this fully recalled to. i guess if you look back in 2010, maybe it looked like this ...

Like france. you would think you want to show that leader that there is bipartisan support for this countrys very first ally before this country was a country during the war. >> were seeing president skipping the correspondence dinner again. going to michigan to give a campaign speech. hes thinking about all those midterm candidates who are going to want to give him a big hug. this is having democrats in the house, isnt necessarily where his head is at. >> keep your distance. >> dan, you talked ...

Trump himself, and that when trump is confronted with people who he perceives as being against him, it shuts down all lines of communication, and i think republicans are very hesitant to really burn that bridge at this stage. i mean, theyre already going through a tough midterm. i think they still want to be able to have the ability to work with this president, and trump does take these things personally, he doesnt want people going against them, and right at this moment jackson was his choice p...

>> were seeing president skipping the correspondence dinner again. going to michigan to give a campaign speech. hes thinking about all those midterm candidates who are going to want to give him a big hug. this is having democrats in the house, isnt necessarily where his head is at. >> keep your distance. >> dana, you talked to kelly ann conway over the weekend about her husbands critical tweets. >> that really is meant to divert attention from again the big issues that america cares about. cnn c...

Presented this bill, youve got cory booker, i dont think anybody thinks this type of plan is going to pass. >> martha: full employment as a 5%, so we are already below that. is this what they want to tackl tackle? >> again, this is bernie sander bernie sanders. as we get closer to the primary season pass the midterm, going to the president, will see more and more democrats fighting for that piece of the pie in the primaries. >> martha: heres what the gallup poll says, do you support or not suppo...