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Underestimating this president. i dont intend to do so in the midterm. mike: would it help republicans on the ballot in 2018 if the president were to sell tax reform if hes not campaigning for members in swing states but selling something they accomplished? >> well the president is hoping that once people begin to see that thousand dollar deduction on their tax bills that this bill which is wildly unpopular will suddenly become more popular. but i think the problem for the president is this popu...

And finally hes figuring out what to do to raise his huge disapproval to -- to lower his huge disapproval rating which could hurt rises. mike: the president was plotting out strot gi for 2018. now on the policy said white house aides say it feels that they can apply it to future policy pushes. what about that heading into 2018? >> that would be nice but its in theory. youve got to look at the political geography and that bodes well for democrats, no matter what republicans do on the substantive ...

Efforts we will hear about. and he said in other interview that is he thinks next year will be a more bipartisan process in the senate. frankly, i want has to be with a 51-49 majority next year. doug jones from alabama replaces luther strange. it is just going to be a lot more difficult to get anything done up here. and then in 2018, midterm election year, you eluded to it, the fight for republicans to try to remain in control of the senate. it will be harder than they thought it would be six mo...

Gallup polling tracks at 35%. look at the approval rating in 2010 and bush in 06, the iraq war, post katrina, remember that midterm. republicans lost the house. he was sitting at 38. you see, trumps very much in line here with what youd expect to see from a president whose party takes a sha lacking. youve got the approval rating and the generic ballot. republicans have won a lot of the special elections but the democrats have cut into the trump margin. put it all together, 24. we know thats the ...

Robert mercer? >> well, steve has -- is independently wealthy in his own right through his work at goldman -- >> while he rails against ho hollywood and wall street that is where he made all his money. >> yes. but he is raising money for a c-4 umbrella group that will fund these insurgent candidates that he wants to primary against mcconnell and establishment candidates in the 2018 midterm. so hes got basically a lot of juggling going on between trying to promote himself, while also trying to le...

Thats the way that you fatten paychecks. >> lea: the economy is always a top issue in any election. large-scale tax bills like reagans havent really that much of a boost for the income it partying. looking back in 1982, republican suffered losses even after that first tax reform. >> midterms generally go against the president. if you look at reagan, if you look at the growth rate of those years, they are astronomical bystanders. if you look by the time of the 84 reelection, everything was so muc...

Oval office signing tax from into law, he was talking about not just the impact for families of tax reform, but also the impact for businesses, how the corporate tax rate is now decreased from 35% down to 21%. what hes talking about it -- theres a president right now as we are speaking. he is waving at people. doesnt look like he will stop and take any more questions after he spoke in the oval office. back to what he said in the oval office. he was talking about how he believes we will see more ...

1980s view, is that what republicans look like, hating trade deals? this is new for the republican party. so they need to work out the civil war. it wont end in 2018 either. >> when you have that, when you have the steve bannons of the world fighting, caitlynn, when you have democrats doing well fund-raising right now, do mitch mcconnell and paul ryan have to get on the same page? if you watch the victory lap they did after the tax bill, you would think they were. but on things like entitlements...

Very tough midterm election. >> and alice what do you do about that? >> you hope and pray that what youre campaigning on and what you campaigned for works out like you have promised. you hope and pray that this tax reform package does what it is intended to do. the average family getting $2,000 by the end of the year and a corporate tax cut hoping to boost the overall economy. look, we all understand and ill quote james carville again, it is the economy, stupid, and if the economy is strong and ...

1966 when a huge republican wave came in after the big 1964 win for linden johnson, two things happened. 1,000 days after johnson defeated gold water, the republicans had a huge midterm and ronald reagan became governor of california. if you look at that particular moment to this one, it is possible that what youre going to see next year is a democratic revival. weve seen it in alabama. two of the great mysteries of 2017. donald trump is president of the united states and theres a democratic sen...