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Obstructionists, democrats doubling down on the opposition to the presidents agenda despite recent election losses. if two party leaders need to change course and head of the midterm, we debate next. ♪ hi im joan lunden.

Fepding on. americans dont want change and theyre already fearful. you have to realize if you look at party politics, you have to realize for four elections we have been campaigning against obamacare, whether its been midterm or presidential, one of our key campaign promises is -- >> absolutely. >> how do you walk that line between kefbs, you listen to what consistently rand paul has been saying about the cost of this, the premiums are going to go up, the moderates who say i got constituents scr...

Daily basis. the former president has very high approval ratings and he had historical numbers and getting out african-americans and millennials to vote. millennial voting is key, not just in the general election but even more so in the midterm as you know historically democrats come at my side of the team, stays home during that and we definitely need somebody to fan the flames and get them out in the midterms. i think former president obama is one of those of individual to do that. >> shannon:...

Democrats including this weeks georgia special election. pelosi warning critics, she is not going anywhere. watch. >> i love the arena. i thrive on competition. i feel very confident in the support that i have in my caucus. i respect any opinion that my members have, but my decision about how long i stay is not up to them. i think im worth the trouble quite frankly. >> kennedy: delusional. some democrats saying pelosi is not worth the trouble including one texas congressman who says the party ne...

Into the rhetoric of what the right is doing. we did this with the hillary clinton campaign. lets focus on our message. we have a winning message and the winning demographics. thats what we are starting to see. we are losing these midterm and special elections. we win presidential elections because people turn out. how do they turn out in the midterm elections. thats the next thing. >> we did not have the right message, thats why we didnt win. >> its not the message. young people and people of c...

Republicans even though that structure was put in place by democrats. by the way, there may be a few conservatives who sort of agree with them and are criticizing this new bill as simply a tweak of obamacare and not an actual repeal. >> shannon: nothing gets done because there are significant hurdles about the senate and house and coming together. if nothing gets done, who benefits, who loses going into the 2018 midterm? >> i think the party in power almost always loses when bad things happen. t...

>> this is something that i think every president needs to go through. now, im not recommending for every president that they take a shellacking like i did last night. >> democrats got wiped out in the the first midterm election. they got shellacked. they lost 63 house seats, the biggest romp in over half a century. they gave up control of the house to the republicans. they lost six senate seats too. they did in fact get a shellacking. that is now a technical term. and that is one of the things ...

Plan in jeopardy or is this just posturing? >> i think its actually a bit of both. if you look at what this has been for years, the reality is at least from where i sit, this is not about improving health care for all americans when it started out with 13 men sitting in a closed-door room making decisions for all americans, women included. what this essay from the beginning is an obsession with repealing and replacing obamacare which is some like senator rand paul called it obamacare-lite. it is...

Street journal polls. the presidents approval rating is not great. 40% approve and disapprove 55%. >> that number does not budge despite of the russia situation. >> 90% of democrats disapproved. now, lets look at the generic ballot. >> 42% say they want republicans to control congress after the 2018 midterm. folks, it is early and thanks to the way our districts are drawn. democrats may need a bigger margins if they want the take back the house. 8 points is not enough. once they get to ten then ...

Different than establishment democrats have done before, running on a bold progressive vision and investing heavily to expand the electorate. thats what it will take to take back the house. the same democratic playbook that has come up short cycle after cycle will not suffice. clearly thats the left wing bernie sanders side of the democratic party. not angry just about the loss but maybe seeing an opening to change the direction of the democratic party. >> that is clearly going to be the argumen...