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Start working with republicans after his first midterm and then moved centrist, cut deals with them, some to the right of center. do you think donald trump will be forced to do the same thing to have a legislative agenda and work with democrats or do you think hell continue to solidify the republican base as polls have shown hes been doing. >> youre right. presidents often make pivots that nobody expects them to do even as after congress was lost to the republicans in 1994 which was a big deal a...

Democrats. >> you mean pro-life. >> pro-life democrats. thats going -- this is an absurd argument for the democratic party to be having now. if democrats are going to have success in these districts where you have, you know, an affluent, college-educated white group of voters, because those are the voirts quite frankly, hillary did better among them and donald trump did worse. if you look at kansas and georgia, theres a double-digit swing and from republican to democrat. now, theres still republ...

Swing. there are still a few republican districts that i think will do well in georgia, but this swing should be troubling going into the midterm. >> we saw a lot of fights in the republican party. maybe theyll have a fight and win. >> i just think it is better for the country when each party looks like it stands for something serious for big things, but theyre not narrow, and theyre not bought. >> i agree. can we please someone speak up for the radical middle here. i think it is great to have c...

Worse among than typical. this would be a problem for me. if you look at kansas, if you look at georgia theres a double digit swing. from republican to democrat. now, if youre still a republican district, theyll do well in district. but this ten point swing should be troubling going into the midterm. >> here, look, we saw in 2010 a lot of fights inside the republican party on purity. while they were fights, it didnt take away from the bigger win and maybe thats what democrats end up with. a figh...

Tough town halls and its looking at going into 2018, what are some of these members experiencing out there and theyre experiencing a lot of blowback from an energized left, but i think chaffetz also mentioned that hes not totally out of the running here. there is a possibility that he might, going forward, run for a governors seat. hes just not going to run in 2018 which might be a tough midterm for him and for some other republicans out there. >> but still, bob, he is a big-name republican and ...

Because next year when theres a midterm election democrats will pick up seats in wichita, kansas, and things like that. it shows great under performance by republicans. trump won by more than a point, rom by more than 20 points. well see if people in districts like this turning away from the republican party or particularly turned off by donald trump and will go back and elect republicans to congress. >> we have to leave it there. many people voted for president trump because they said this is a...

We have the recipe, republicans control everything, the white house, the house, the senate. that is traditionally in modern times the recipe for bad news for your party in the midterms. the last few times weve seen that combination, we have seen landslides for the other party. thats something democrats are certainly hoping for in 2018. so what do thaese special elections portend? lets bring in susan page, washington bureau chief at "usa today." thank you for joining us. this graphic we kind of l...

Rating was 53% in that particular district. but theres two things that are important. democrats have a lot of enthusiasm in play. secondly, republicans have to show they can govern in congress. and as well as we need to see trump overall approval rating increase so that when we get into mid term elections we dont end up in a situation like president obama in 2010 where he lost 63 seats in the house. >> dana: that first midterm is always a tough one. jessica, let me just ask you another question ...

Unfortunately, donald trump is going to be the poster child r for, you know, the dysfunction of the tax system and i think thats going to make their job which is already tough, its going to make it much tougher. >> i wish i had a pollster right now. i do. cornell, tell us whether or not this ends up being a salient issue. charlie makes a great point, theyre coming up on their athem to do a big tax cut. does the donald trump tax return wind up being a factor for voters? >> i think its a factor fo...

Thats going to make their job already tougher, mufch tougher. >> i wish i had a pollster right now -- oh, wait i do. tell us why this is an issue. their attempt to do a tax cut does the did donald trump tax cut wind up being a factor for voters? >> i think its a factor for midterm. i think what theyre doing with the marches, organizinghis group of people, energizing. you know the problem is, joy, midterms you have big dropoffs of democrats. you have big dropoffs of young people. big dropoffs of ...