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President, but i dont think that their goals are the same. i think president trump wants to get a deal done. he wants to deliver on the campaign promises that he talked about, and i dont think he really cares about who is involved and what the deal looks like. he just wants to say he got it done. steve bannon on the other hand has kind of aligned himself with trump, but i think hes using president trump as a way to either destroy the republican party or remake the republican party into something...

Party. they cant be shocked, steve, when the republican party and the senators there decide not to vote for his latest stupid idea. >> theres no question about it. the nonpartisan cook report now rates the chances of a democratic house takeover at over 50% heading into the midterm. i think it bears mentioning theres only within three elections in the last 118 years with where the incumbent presidents party has not lost seats in the first midterm. and constitutionally, its the house that has the ...

Campaign whats going on on with russian collusion and whats going on with the many, many conflicts of and that trump and his family have. >> you think the fears are real, sme smerc, that the gop loses in the midterm? >> history is on the side of the democrats having a good year. just how good a year remains to be seen. what i dont buy into the predicate this could lead to impeachment. no evidence of any bribery, trees on, high crimes and misdemeanor. it is all the the 25th amendment talk i hear....

Headline now is setting the stage for election day 2018. the most competitive midterm battles will take place in districts that the democrats hope to flip from red to blue. but to give you an idea how tricky that might be, check out this "washington post" abc news poll from july. when asked, do you think the democratic party stands for anything or just stands against donald trump, only 37% said the party stands for something. my colleague went to wisconsin to ask democratic voters about their pa...

They made for seven years. they failed as you know to pass legislation in july and again in september. they are more worried about motivating their base. you know, were facing a midterm election, 2018, where usually the turnout is down, republican base turnout is going to be very important for them to keep those seats. thats really whom they are looking at. in terms of who will be hurt the most, i mean look at the costs here. i mean cbo projects 194 billion dollars over the next decade is going ...

He frustrated the republicans. the presidents got 48 votes but he needs two more. >> joan, really quickly, lindsey graham saying if the gop doesnt get the obamacare repeal effort, it will likely return in a few months. your take. >> i think it will. i think theyve got to keep fighting for it through into the midterms. as more vulnerable senators in particular see whats going on, its going to be harder to get those extra two or three votes that he was talking about. i think this is dead, although...

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Legislation in july and again in september. they are more worried about motivating their base. you know, were facing a midterm election, 2018, where usually the turnout is down, republican base turnout is going to be very important for them to keep those seats. thats really whom they are looking at. in terms of who will be hurt the most, i mean look at the costs here. i mean cbo projects 194 billion dollars over the next decade is going to have to come out of the federal coffers to pay for more ...

Variety of fronts all really around the same strategy, ending these payments today, ending the deferred action program for young undocumented immigrants. even you could argue threatening to terminate both the nafta and the iran deal are all designed to increase his leverage either with democrats in congress or with foreign countries or both. the problem hes got is particularly on this and daca is hes taken a hostage that its really unclear that he can harm politically in the end because as you p...

>> well, that 67 is a little hard to disprove than other polls. but just take last weeks gallup poll, for example. it was 38 approve and 56 disapprove. the average for presidents, newly elected presidents at this point is 62% approve and president trump has a 38% approve. and you look at his numbers among republicans. he got 88% of the republican vote. hes got about 82% approval rating among republicans. okay, thats fine. but he got 46% of the independent vote. now his approval rating, the gallu...