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They think somehow theyre going to blame on the democrats. thats not going to work out so well. the second is really going to turn on what they do when special prosecutor comes out with his report. do they simply run to protect the president or if its serious, do they take some real action? the third thing they can do is working on some of the priorities voters really care about. remember once upon a time they were going to do infrastructure reform? infrastructure building? they havent done any ...

Have been assessing political blame so far and how voters have been assessing political responsibility so far, its been bad news for the trump party and good news for the democratic party. when you dont have the white house, you dont have the house, you dont have the senate you become the de facto vehicle for objection about protest. theres a lot people can object to. you look at the two politically climatic shutdowns in the last generation. the dynamic was the same. in 95 you had a democratic w...

Walking away, and the governor the next morning says basically, "look out." >> if i am at the rnc, im hitting the panic button, because when you look across these districts, democrats are way overperforming. you have a 18-point swing. the last democrat who ran there got 37%, 38%. we dont have the 11-point swings on a regular basis. it encapsulates something that youre looking at going into the next midterm you where you have an open seat, we have a lot of retirements going on. just like in 2006 ...

That walker himself came out and said it, after it spent over $100,000, a state senate election in the heart of trump country, they spent $100,000 on it, and the democrat wins it walking away, and the governor the next morning says basically, "look out." >> if i am at the rnc, im hitting the panic button, because when you look across these districts, democrats are way overperforming. you have a 18-point swing. the last democrat who ran there got 37%, 38%. we dont have the 11-point swings on a re...

>> dana: do you think that would be different if president trump were out on the campaign trail as he said he plans to do in 2018 for the midterm in november? >> i dont think he could help in wisconsin. i dont think he could help in a district like that. there are places -- the white house always has to pick and choose carefully. this is true with any president, which races to play in, where to get involved. >> dana: and where to have scheduling conflicts when they cant make it. >> intractable s...

It really doesnt matter because before a grand jury he has to talk. >> and youve already waeighed n on the politics. youre predicting a wave election for the democrats. how much of that is history and tide shifts? every presidents party is distressed in the mid terms. and how much of that do you think the russia probe is going to go on and on and on? i think politico reporting bad news for gop, mueller probe could collide with mid terms. >> okay. i think half of whats going to happen is the norm...

Im back now with simone, mike and rick. brevity, everyone, because isaac took a lot of your time up. sorry about that. mike, lets talk about the 2018 elections looming. republicans have to be feeling uneasy about another controversy that was caused by this president. at a speech today republican representative kathy mcmorris rogers received boos for standing by president trump at an event today. iowa senator chuck grassley also faced some tough questioning at a town hall event. that was on frida...

Loses seats in the midterm. my advice for republicans and my advice for the president is speak softly and carry a big stick. his policies are popular. the travel ban is popular. where he is with immigration is popular with his base. tax cuts are popular. if we stick to the policy proposals were talking about were doing well. when it comes to rhetoric and image and tone thats where we have a problem. hardly any democrats were talking about what ralph northam stood for. they dont know what he stoo...

>> its important to know exactly how they sit. pulling with all over the map in alabama. i think pulling is an arc thats being questioned more than ever. i like the fact that the president is getting out there. look, these republicans cannot run against donald trump even in districts where hes unpopular. theyve ought to embrace the fact that in a place like pennsylvania, donald trump won pennsylvania for the first time since 1988. the one politician on the map who was able to change the dynamics...

He did in office. >> or didnt do. >> or didnt do in office. but i do think that, look, to johns point, i mean, if theyre waiting for the midterm, if there needs to be some electoral toll exacted on the republican party -- what is unclear to me is what theyre fighting for now a you said. this is -- its not like theres a tax reform bill thats a victory theyre willing to get. >> just remember one point really quickly. eight republican house chairmen are retiring this year. house republican chairmen...