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Beating a republican by 13 points, which is big, the biggest lead so far this year. as far as what that would mean for the balance of power in the house after next years election, i want to bring in steve kornacki. steve, how are things looking right now a little less than a year before the midterms? >> well, we have a couple of different metrics we can look at. the generic ballot speaks for itself. when the party is up 13 points, double digits, historically thats great news for the party. heres...

Midterm. what do you think? help or hurt for either of these two to get involved? >> look, i think if youre president, youre better off being in the white house rather than being in politics. i think for hillary clinton, shes got to decide. does she want to get back in politics? if she does, in that case she should do it. and if she doesnt, she should try to take a different role and try to build back the mutual respect i think people would have for her if she got out of politic. >> dana: do you...

Digits. historically, if thats where a party is heading into a midterm thats a great place for that party to be. the presidents approval rating, donald trumps average approval rating now sits at 39%. its basically been in this range all the way. again, historically this is a number that clearly and overwhelmingly favors the opposition party. and the third trend that weve been seeing is the actual results. this year remember weve had a number of special house elections. now, look, the republicans...

The ingredients? >> dana: i think that all makes sense, your first year as president is when you can get the most on legislatively before you head into the midterm. with the three big things that the president can claim in the tax bill yesterday including the health care, individual mandate repeal, and to the anwar drilling, which is amazing for republicans to get through, where do you go from there? i think that they are going to have some messaging problems on welfare reform. if they can commu...

Congress and get something through. thats a tremendous victory. but, i do think what matters is does he continue to do what he has been doing all along which is to use administrative means to continue to cut red tape and convince people that he is serious about growing the economy and freeing it and lead people pursue their economic interests on their own without involvement of the federal government and if he continues to do that and the economy is strong, in 2018, then republicans will do very...

Could never quite get there. bill thomas from california, who was kevin mccarthys product predecessor. they never quite got a bill this massive. you have to go back to 1986. the difference, however, is that that bill was done in a bipartisan fashion. this bill is clearly done in a partisan fashion and one wonders, back to the wind, what will it taste like in three or four years? what will it taste like in the midterm election in 2018? >> that is a very, very salient point that you just talked ab...

Re-election bid. that 36% is smaller than the 46% he ended up getting in the popular vote, so you can see he doesnt have as much support as he had on election day of 2016. another number that really struck out to me, this was the best number for president trump in the poll, you had by a two-to-one margin saying president trump made the economy and his approach better rather than worse. 40% say its been better. 21% worse. but then maybe the biggest poll result out of everything we produced, democ...

Beneficial to those who have 401(k)s and iras as well. >> kimberly: how can we translate this if people are looking at it what do republicans need to do in order to be able to get messaging out there for the midterm election to show this as a win and a win for all americans and not just privilege class? >> yes. well, every republican should be out there saying the american people look at your paycheck in february. it will be higher. you will see a tangible increase and the american people will f...

Tremendous victory. but i do think that what matters is, does he continue to do what hes been doing all along, which is to use administrative means to continue to cut red tape and convince people that hes serious about growing the economy and freeing -- let people pursue their economic interests on their own without involvement of the federal government and that he continues to do that, at the economy is strong, and 2018 then republicans will do very well. they will do just fine. its always toug...

Family, the average american worker be better off in a global competition to move their jobs from this country and to perhaps stymie their wages as weve seen the last eight years? the answer is, emphatically yes. the average american worker in a typical american family will both be better off because of this tax reform legislation passing, and i think ultimately, good policy will sooner or later lead to good politics. >> dana: and the two elections, virginia and alabama, the special senate and g...