Page 841 - Midterm News Today

>> the party empowered the white house suffers grievous losses. president barack obama lost 63 house seats in 2010, the first midterm after his election. both have been reelected, but this president isnt looking at his reelection, hes looking at this particular cycle. we know that, but we also know that republicans, i assume theyll be running on tax cuts so theyll be bragging about the prosperity thats been brought to 4 million americans. >> it is her job. you have to tip your hat to her and she...

Number one and they cant fix that. if youre running the house statewide, you cant fix the president. >> i think they thought the tax cuts would be a boon for them. there was reason to think that because democrats thought how terrible it would be and a lot of people actually saw they were getting more money in their paychecks. they saw the ballot shrink. now that gap has grown again. democrats have the bigger lead now, more like what they had last december. whats the common denominator here? its ...

Mr. president, and its going to wipe out you and your corrupt organization all the way down to the studs. you really believe that? >> yeah, i do. and i actually probably should have put an "s" after storm. there are storms gathering. i think the best outcome for the american people is if a check is put on this presidency this midterm and that he is impeached at the ballot box in 2020. but by his own actions, hes inviting obstruction of justice charges both in the criminal courts and also, i beli...

Headed to a democratic wave? >> we had special elections that have gone the democrats way. the advantages with the democrats by the normal rules of politics, its a midterm in a presidents first four years. and then when you add to that all the negatives that trump self-inflicted that hes imposed, the low approval rating and so on, youd have to say the wind is ate the democrats back. theres a similarity in a funny way with the 2010 election that barack obama faced. he won with a coalition that wa...

>> wow, what do you say to that, sir? >> youre right. >> what? >> i think hes right. the reason i think hes right is the behavior over the weekend suggests that hes really afraid, hes really scared. muellers on his heels. i think he wants to do this before the midterm, the democratic wave that could flip the house, right. and what were seeing is that all of these suggest that he wants to see how republicans are responding -- >> he has to get rid of the -- >> he has to get rid of him -- >> and re...

Hell get killed, and theyll get killed, and maybe they can save him and maybe they can save themselves a little bit. >> thats an interesting point. because i agree with what you said earlier that the republican are in a precarious position because trumps not on the ballot. but if a starr-like report were to land before the midterm election with that kind of recommendation, then the midterm is all about trump and the issue of impeachment. i think theres a reason why democratic leaders have not wa...

Disapprove. and with both republicans and democrats gearing up for the midterm thes, democrats hold a double digit lead over republicans among voters. half of registered voters say they want democrats to control congress. thats up 1 point since january. 40% said they would want republicans to retain control. thats down three points. joining us now, steve nelson. steve, great to have you with us this morning on what was a very busy weekend. lets start by talking about the white house for a mome...

Not necessarily because you think that this person, whether its you or john kasich or ben sasse or whomever, would be able to defeat the president. its just the point of taking a moraled and principled stand, right? >> well, wicertainly right now, nobody would defeat the president. but two years from now, we could have a completely different scenario. nothing focuses the mind like a big election loss, and what might happen in the midterm is a big loss. like charlie dent said, this is a five-alar...

Concerns. >> to suggest that mueller should shut down and that all he is looking at is collusion, if you have an innocent client, mr. dowd, act like it. russia attacked our country. let special counsel mueller figure that out. if you believe theres no evidence of collusion you should want special counsel muler to take all the time and have all the independence he needs to do his job. >> margaret, there had been a lot of silence within the republican party. is this an indicator of some sort of se...

Maria: now, our political panel weighs in ed rollins is the former campaign manager for the reagan bush ticket and former new york senator with us both are fox news contributors gentlemen good to see you both. >> thank you. maria: an extraordinary week. >> when historians look back at this administration this is one of the great weeks both on a negative way and positive way. you had obviously changes in the administration, tillerson gone, new team coming in losing a very critical seat pennsylvan...