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Decades. obamas coalition in 2008 led democrats to believe this was going to be a lasting coalition that would keep them as the governing party for decades. it worked for obama in 2008, it worked for him in 2012, it feel apart in 2010 elections and 2004, and its falling apart in the special election this is year and that should worry democrats a lot. >> why dont you think jon ossoffs message not work this time around david? he took a centrist position hoping not to alienate republicans. >> im no...

The midterm. you can set aside special elections and all that, but when it comes midterm time, if theres not a replacement for obamaca obamacare, its going to be very hard for republicans to run on that. >> ausmus ran in georgia. you think youre going to see republican conservativine ings im not going to vote for it. >> and at least the republicans decide, lets keep the process going. this isnt going to be the time bill. lets get it to the senate. then what happens? because you mentioned susan c...

Introducing americas largest, most reliable 4g lte combined with the most wifi hotspots. its a new kind of network. xfinity mobile. >> this is a fox news alert. i am jackie ibanez in new york. republicans in georgia, karen handel has beat ossoff in the sixth congressional district. at the nationwide attention because it was seen as a test of president trump support of the 2018 midterm. most expensive house race in u.s. history, more than $50 million spent. republicans scored victories in congres...

Republicans. i think some look at that and say is that the road map forward? were not kmaktly sure but theyre pointing to a number of races in the midterm that will be more comfetative in the midterm as they search for a way forward. >> lets bring in cnn political analyst, mark preston, matt lewis, kirsten powers and margaret hoover. the president taking a victory lap, as well he should. and mark preston, the president tweeting out congratulations to karen handel on her big win in georgia sixth....

Trump visited or when mike pencf visited. hea largely refrained from attacking, just saying he doesnt want to weigh in on national figures coming in from washington. there already democrats here that say, if youd only got an edge year, maybe it would have worked. i dont know. it didnt look like anything would have worked in this district with the results that we saw tonights. >> bret: translate that hereto in washington. you said paul ryan is extremely happy tonight. as they have no eye health c...

State from california, people werent answering their phones, they had had enough. being flooded with calls. there was one of the channels in atlanta actually starred another news service to are up all of the ads. there were so many ads it was ridiculous. this is not exactly a blueprint moving forward to the midterm. >> its not at all. but the fact that the democrats got so close and both sides were dumping money into this right over $50 million combined, that doesnt bode well for republicans. no...

Georgia by 4 points, giving republicans plenty to brag about including president trump who tweeted, well, special elections are over and those that want to make america great again are 5-0. all the fake news, all the money spent, equals zero. joining me now is ben weber, former congressman from minnesota, policy adviser for the romney campaign. this may not have been the best place to stake their $40 million on an untested candidate who did not live in the district. >> it may not have been the b...

Out of state, california doesnt need a 54th congressman, georgia need somebody who will represent their district. >> martha: s o the early numbers in terms of early votes about 140,000, just to give people a sense, in a 2014 midterm there were 210,000 votes cast. an amount of early vote here. how do you feel that when, do you think it leads g.o.p., dem? how do your voters vote in our district in terms of early voting? >> its neck and neck in the early voting according to what we are seeing. i th...

Accepting money from outsiders so, therefore, he would not be susceptible to all the lobbyists. todd: but in our discussion earlier you said you cant stand the way he is being treated in the media, talk about that. >> im so concerned about the media because they are lying. and now lies have become legitimate sources of information. and thats very upsetting. todd: we want to thank you all for being here so early to be with us on "fox & friends." be obviously a big day here in the georgia six. we ...

60-plus-percent in every vote. whats their gamble here and whats the chance it pays off? >> the big gamble in this district is the education gap, the education divide. there are a lot of college-educated voters in this district, far more than in any of the other special elections weve seen so far this year. and thats the biggest source of hope. because these are the people, these are the romney voters that 19% or so that didnt go for trump that maybe sat out in the last election or some of them ...