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With them. >> number seven is probably the oldest company in the top ten, nike. >> they contain the sustainablity they are pushing through their systems is extraordinary. >> bop, thanks. >> great to see you here. coming up, democratic candidates want the backing of the white house but they just dont want the president anywhere near them. mike allen breaks down the midterm strategy. >> i dont believe them. >> i dont either. but that is the headline. we will be right back. sked people a simple q...

Likely republican voters. >> and likely midterm voters. the older you are, the more likely you are to vote in a midterm. absolutely. across the board its troublesome for republicans. the truth is it has been within reach before. in fact, married white women tend to vote republican. so there is a base upon which to build. it seems every time the party starts to reach out, somebody says something untoward which sets them back, so much so that rance priebus, help of the republican committee said, w...

And job growth that prevailed during his eight years in office. look at what hes done with the clinton global initiative. look what hes done with president george h.w. bush. the fact is, the lewinsky scandal is ancient history. it happened 16 years ago. if you think back as to what happened to the republicans when they went down this moral crusade against bill clinton last time during the 98 midterm, it was the first time since the civil war that the opposition party failed to gain any seats in ...

Thats the kind of iceberg thats underneath the water of dark money. thats only going to grow in this election. >> yes, absolutely. its going to continue to grow. and, you know, well see the impact that it has on the midterm. you know, youre right talking about a presidential year. youve got a lot of people engaged. you have really high turnover. its a completely different dynamic in the midterm. a lot of folks dont show end to vote. its critical that regular everyday folks understand its importa...

Leno deserves respect. number one with a bullet for years. >> looked like a great show last night. weve got a great group this hour, with the two davids in washington and chicago. start with the "washington post" which forecastses the 2014 midterm elections and the republicans party chance of taking back the senate. there may be a midterm problem for the democrats. some of their best opportunities to gain ground are in west virginia and south dakota where senators jay rockefeller and tim johnson...

Republicans seem to be counting on this for an election issue in the midterm, and if they can put the pain off a little bit longer, it may work for them. >> look, it may be the least worst option for democrats if this is politically motivated, but i dont know that all of a sudden it puts obamacare into the big win column for the white house or for the democrats. its still in a bad economy with all the other effects that you see from obamacare, all the turmoil that you see in the private sector w...

They just have different views on this and the white house has begin them a broad berth to be able to distance themselves as much as they need to. and this happens all of the time when you have an unpopular president, we saw it with george bush. the white house gave republicans lee way to distance themselves. i dont think there is personal animositty or anything like that. they have differences. >> you have many democrats not showing up at events for the presidentment north carolina, kay haggin ...

Seats they now hold in states that voted for romney in 2012. those tend to be older, blue-collar whiter states like arkansas, west virginia, south dakota, montana, alaska. where the law is especially unpopular. those are constituencies the most skeptical of it. so it is going to be difficult in the midterm. whether that translates into a problem in 2016 is something different. but for 2014, almost certainly a problem. >> when you hear democratic leaders in congress whether nancy pelosi or others...

Showing up with the president, he said look, i cant tell anyone who to have campaign for them. its up to them. >> yeah. very similar to what george bush went through in his last term and midterm. remember the pressure on him to get rid of donald rumsfeld and not talk about the war, to talk about a date to pullout and he didnt. a lot of the republicans didnt want to appear with him because of that. he ended up, did lose the senate for many people thought if he got rid of donald rumsfeld before, h...

The time and its a lose, lose proposition for them, isnt it? >> you can run, but you cant hide in a lot of cases. marry landrieu voted for health care and now she is out there beating the drum saying, i want to rewrite this law and i want to work on it and she still voted for it and she is still going to be seen as a loyal democrat to the president and his agenda. youre right. i think its very difficult to run away. i think in alaska, a democrat who is running on energy issues has a little bit m...