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Elections, and four of the last six midterm, the party in the white house lost their majorities either in the house, the senate or both. its a president with low approval ratings. its a divided -- theyre a party being badly divided. or its having a congress that hasnt delivered much. well, those are the -- you know, its check, check, check for all three of those boxes this time. so this is looking -- look, we got 13 months. but gosh, this is what it looks like when the wheels start coming off a ...

Wouldnt completely write it off, for the reason its about self preservation, republicans in congress. we have a midterm coming up. it could be stuff. as steve was talking about they have no accomplishments. my guess is they are going to tune out the president and try to pass something to deliver to his desk and say sign it or not. but her lobbying wont matter. frankly, the presidents lobbying wont matter. theyll tune the administration out and do whats in the best interests. >> tuning out is exa...

Really energized by that thatll probably come out to vote for them in the midterm. on the other hand, i think they have narrowed the appeal of the party which obviously had difficult time outside the post and appealing to the american people. but the generational point you made key if you look at the senate, youve been having problems with the republican senate, most of the senators have been elected since 2010. they are reformers by and large. they want to see some change. >> jessica: term limi...

Of utah. >> we stay neutral on primaries because then you can bring the divided faxes together towards the purpose of winning the election in the general, but yeah, this is going to be a tough midterm. we want to make sure we keep those incumbent senators in place. we want to make sure we keep their seats and but the voters are going to decide and ultimately, the rnc is going to support whatever the voters decide. >> youre the former chair of the michigan republican party. whats your are reactio...

So unless both sides are willing to find something close to the middle, its not clear exactly how far this can go. >> thank you for the latest from the white house. lets bring in elise jordan, former senior advisor to senator rand paul, also peter emerson, a veteran of three democratic administrations and a "huffington post" contributor. big welcome to the both of you. ladies first here, elise. so how do you think republicans on the hill are reacting to all of this? is it likely to have any so...

This midterm does she step aside? does hoyer move up or out? what do you think? >> no, i dont think so, brian. i think this is done left and right, quite frankly and its not very good. just like people they vote for the incumbents over and over even though they complain about them and we see the same in leadership. i would say nancy pelosi should have stepped aside a few weeks ago. after she had a sit down with chuck schumer and the president and he was agreeing with democrats on daca i would sa...

Democrats need a positive message about themselves. but i think we do have a line of attack on the republicans going into the midterm, and the president going into midterm. i dont think its enough until democrats have a really powerful message about sort of why theyre a better alternative than republicans, not just donald trump, republicans are bad. >> i can give you 15 seconds before a break to respond. >> i can say a better deal aint it. >> wow. he has turned over the remainder of his time to ...

The president, undermining key elements of his brand about draining the swamp and being different. because i think in the midterm, it could pay off with undermining their brand. but i still think democrats, and i know the chairman is going to agree with me, i still think democrats need a positive message about themselves. but i think we do have a line of attack on the republicans going into the midterm, and the president going into midterm. i dont think its enough until democrats have a really p...

>> well, first, brian, let me say heart and prayers go out to the people of puerto rico. >> absolutely. >> the time. my heart is breaking for paradise and they deserve better than the second class citizenship status that theyre being shown right now. this does remind me -- i was also chairman deans pollster coming in going up against chairman steel. and in 2005 we came in and, you know, the republican -- remember, brian, karl rove was talking about a permanent republican majority at that time. a...

Americans think about these big cats in washington, smoking cigars eating steaks at charlie paurms and flying around in private jets. it encapsulates all they think is wrong with washington. for a guy who came into washington claim that he was going to drain the swamp and that he has a billionaire cabinet who is flying around in private jets at the taxpayers expense, it goes hard against his brand. and democrats will be smart to sort of pound republicans and pound the president, undermining key ...