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Margins right now. because this year a lot is at stake. >> a lot is at stake, wolf, and i think the first year we need to look at is 2018 right now. that gives you control of the congress. democrats only need to pick up 24, a net win of 24 seats in order to take back the house of representatives. but history is going against republicans when we look at this. lets look at the historical perspective right here, wolf, and we can pull that up. it shows that 32 seats are the average loss for a presid...

Democrats will take over the house in the midterm. eight republican chairs announced their retirement. 29 house republican seats are open, a retirement record for the gop. democrats kwrouts performed in all seven house elections last year, a record number of democratic women are voting and considering running for office. and recent polls show voters prefer democrats for congress by a ten.margin. chris stirewalt editor of halftime report. all that said, chris, the director of the center for polit...

Who has the most power here? senator graham has already said something similar, right? my misunderstanding that they were just four letters? >> harris: there were only three letters. >> charles: and the sentiment is the same. but i think the real thing is just whatever this guy says. >> harris: why didnt anyone go against graham? >> kennedy: to eternal and the home of evil is much worse than bodily fluid. the more offensive term. >> sandra: president from preparing to head to a major battlegroun...

Most of the conservative republicans are gonna be able to walk away unscathed, almost no matter what happens. i think when you go into 2018, those members in the republican districts, i think the litmus test for them will be how well they supported donald trump and went along with his agenda. >> dana: marie, let me ask you the same question. is senator durbins job harder now after this past weekend and the questions of whatever happened in that meeting, what was ab the countries. is it harder fo...

Automatically going to win the house, here is whats working for them, the party not in the white house usually does very well in midterm elections specially the first midterm election, i will give the democrats that. the democrat party right now is in total shambles specially financially, they are in debt, look at the republican party, they smashed fundraising records, they raised over $130 million and also the democrat party, i think, really missed a lot of opportunities here to work with the p...

Away. compared to just seven democrats. joining me now, "washington post" congressional reporter sean sullivan, one of the reporters behind that "washington post" headline. sean, good to see you. first, tell me more about what you learned regarding that warning to the president. i guess he was briefed at camp david, but just how dire was the warning? >> it was a pretty dire warning. there are three main factors right now that i think are really, really worrying republicans about the 2018 midterm...

Watch february, watch march as filing deadlines come up, how much higher does that number go? democrats need 24. 24 pickup, net, to get control of the house back from republicans. this, for all the numbers youre going to hear, keep an eye on this one. in midterm elections, the first midterm election of a new presidency, the presidents approval number almost always determines what happens in november. 37% of americans, thats it, approve of how the president is doing his job right now. a little hi...

Ohio is a reddish/purplish state and the real issue here and the real challenge for republicans and people to save this party in the future to realize you dont have to work with this guy in order to be a good republican. and to the degree that you continue to justify the behavior you downgrade the entire party. republicans are about to become nonexistent in california out of the midterm and losing state level races they shouldnt because they refuse to get off the crack pipe that is the presidenc...

And to the degree that you continue to justify the behavior you downgrade the entire party. republicans are about to become nonexistent in california out of the midterm and losing state level races they shouldnt because they refuse to get off the crack pipe that is the presidency and real things to do not at the expense of people of color. >> it is not a good thing for the world if the republican party has to disappear from the scene. we like debate. we like the idea that theyre going to be two ...

Well. the president said to "the wall street journal," i probably have a very good relationship with kim jong-un. i have relationships with people. i think you people are surprised. he has not responded to speaking to kim jong-un, he may not have, but would it make sense for that conversation to have happened? >> it would make sense for that conversation to have happened. and it may dial down the tension over the korean peninsula. but one of the things the president and the white house is in gen...