Page 843 - Midterm News Today

He said he was trump before trump. so, he himself was trying to portray himself like the president. the president is the dominant factor in our politics. he is what everything revolves around. and midterm elections, look, this was a special election so its a little bit different. but midterm elections are always a statement about the president. they are always a referendum on the president and, you know, most presidents lose, obviously, in their first midterm, but what were looking at with these...

Maternal grandmother. irish catholic democrat who loved fdr and jfk. the democratic party left that kind of voter clearly from the 1960s onward. conor lamb is an attempt to try to get that kind of voter back. but on a national level to try to fix this to trump, this is the point i want to make. im worried about the fall quite frankly. i think history tells you you should be. >> because of trump? >> no, more because of history, because of what happens generally in the first midterm. im not at all...

>> im sorry, but the biggest issue actually debated in the election was the trump tax cut. the biggest accomplishment of the republican party, the republican president, they advertised it with millions of dollars. lamb was four square against it preferring tax cuts for the middle class. lamb won, narrowly, but in a -- >> and the republicans, its supposed to be the signature accomplishment and they stopped running ads touting the tax bill and started running ads about illegal immigration because ...

But conor lamb was pro-gun marine, a likeable, handsome man. theres a lot more elizabeth warrens, a lot more bernie sanders, a lot of old, tired, social justice warriors who will not meet the people where they are. its a democratic party that left its roots. conor lamb is a small example of returning to those. >> the democratic congressional campaign committee has recruited candidates across the country, more candidates than democrats have ever had, and they fit the districts. and districts like...

>> im sorry, but the biggest issue actually debated in the election was the trump tax cut. the biggest accomplishment of the republican party, the republican president, they advertised it with millions of dollars. lamb was four square against it preferring tax cuts for the middle class. lamb won, narrowly, but in a -- >> and the republicans, its supposed to be the signature accomplishment and they stopped running ads touting the tax bill and started running ads about illegal immigration because ...

I think is doing more to deepen than dissolve their doubts. that above all is the challenge the republicans face in the midterm. >> ayesha, besides the honesty factor, theres also the issue with south korea where the president suggested if trade issues dont go well, he would consider pulling u.s. troops from the peninsula. it is something he campaigned on. but the timing now when he is about to meet perhaps in the next couple months with kim jong-un of north korea, it really i think has a differ...

A mighty small pill with concentrated power that works at liquid speed. youll ask... what pain? advil liqui-gels minis. conor lambs performance in the special election has republicans worried about a blue wave in the midterm. is this a wakeup call for the gop here to discuss it mike

Against you. but conor lamb was pro-gun marine. a likeable, handsome man. theres a lot more elizabeth warrens, a lot more bernie sanders, a lot of old, tired, social justice warriors who will not meet the people where they are. its a democratic party that left its roots. conor lamb is a small example of returning to those. >> the democratic congressional campaign committee has recruited candidates across the country, more candidates than democrats have ever had, and they fit the districts. and d...

Its going to be tough to recover. elizabeth warrens cant do. kamala harris, booker, bernie. you cant is draft someone out of the blue. talent has to bubble up from somewhere. if im looking at the list and i have a whole long list of democrats, i dont see anybody with a small amount of talents compared to this president. >> greg: they did find obama. he was kind of drafted. >> dana: he gave the speech at the democratic national convention in 2004 and everyone said whoa, who was that. then three y...

Schmidt, republican strategist and political veteran of the bush white house and mccain presidential campaign. steve, well start local. this guy was a democrat really in title only. anyone else, any other democrat who made a commercial with an ar-15, the progressives would just have him for lunch. but this is pennsylvania, 18th district. what do you make of the fact that the winner had a "d" next to his name? >> well, look, brian. this is a scary hour for republicans in congress as they consider...