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He faced ad number of set backs. we interviewsed him in 2013. and i asked him about how his view in presidency changed in over fives humbler. as opposed to cockier about what you as an individual can do. you recognize youre part of a sweep of history and your job really is to push the boulder up the hill a little bit before somebody else pushes it up a little further and the task never stops of perfecting our union. im back with eugene robinson of the "washington post," michael beschloss and c...

Behaved for the entire campaign pretty much. do you think though this actually does bother him? on the inside, is he bothered by these numbers or really believe they mean nothing? >> look, its got to bother anybody. youd like to have high approval ratings. the group question is, is this the new normal given the polarization we have in the country today and what does this mean in the midterm for republicans if you want to keep four years of control of the house and the senate? and this is a low b...

>> he failed to pass any firearms legislation. by the time it became a priority, he simply did not have the political capital. >> i think a president has to going to have a chance of es getting through, like gun control. he might have felt, if i go for that, then i may lose this. because youre building up capital or youre losing capital. >> lets be honest here. there havent been the votes in the congress for gun control. make no mistake about it. >> kill the bill. kill the bill. >> the midterm e...

He was also number two in our federal government and the democratic party has been completely decimated. they lost 68 house seats on his watch. two thirds of the republican congress was elected since 2010. that tells you something. what was to 2010? that was the first midterm election after the disaster that was obamacare. theyve lost over 1000 state and legislative seats. the biden legacy, in terms of the electoral math and in terms of the political situation is not the best. >> i think he call...

>> it does. he was also number two in our federal government and the democratic party has been completely decimated. they lost 68 house seats on his watch. two thirds of the republican congress was elected since 2010. that tells you something. what was to 2010? that was the first midterm election after the disaster that was obamacare. theyve lost over 1000 state and legislative seats. the biden legacy, in terms of the electoral math and in terms of the political situation is not the best. >> i t...

He was also number two in our federal government and the democratic party has been completely decimated. they lost 68 house seats on his watch. two thirds of the republican congress was elected since 2010. that tells you something. what was to 2010? that was the first midterm election after the disaster that was obamacare. theyve lost over 1000 state and legislative seats. the biden legacy, in terms of the electoral math and in terms of the political situation is not the best. >> i think he call...

With you. will mcconnell and that crowd work with him on it? >> it depends on where the debate is what people are proposing. if democrats are playing long ball this is going to be issue in the midterm. they cant be for obamacare which is -- assuming its been repealed, that it failed. >> under the clinton campaign, opposing the president or obstructing the president where is that line, i think this aca is a good example of that. >> sanders rhetoric seems to lien for we have to work with him while...

On him to do that. but its unclear exactly the role that he said he would play, well see if he gave any more details behind closed doors. >> that was my next question, who was that big passionate voice on the democratic side that can incite passion in people like tea party leaders did? >> reporter: you know, i think its going to take a lot of grassroots organization, that was his point, i was told, he made in the room, the party should be organized on the grassroots level to ensure that activist...

And it will be a messy process to try to fix it even though republicans are dead set and united in trying to do so. >> it goes hand in hand with medicaid expansion and the states that havent funded it are seeing a spike. are you happy with that situation going into 2018 if the republicans have not been able to replace the plan yet? or do you think it puts at a disadvantage. >> you cant kick the problem down the road because there will be an election at some point and you will be held accountable...

Real bullets. in the past you can repeal obamacare and not have to live with the consequences. now they have to live with the consequences. paul ryan had one dissenting vote, more than pelosi did on her side. hes the kind of leader, can-do leader. i think they have the right leadership in place at this point, but its going to be tough. governing is a tough business. the last three times one party has controlled the house, the senate and the presidency, the public holds that party accountable at ...