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He cant be there when she is there. mary landrieu, he was very busy. she couldnt be in louisiana when he goes to louisiana. are we going to see more of this with these vulnerable democrats? >> youll see these guys looking at the polling in their state and seeing how popular obama is. i think this is a little different. but some of these candidates are going to say at some point theres a subset of obama voters who came out in 2008 and 2012 because i dont want it to look like the last midterm whic...

The seats that you were talking about, presidents job approval ratings are under 35% in arkansas, in montana, i mean these are places where theres not going to be any kind of tail. >> just the opposite. >> yeah, just the opposite. >> if you go back to 2010 and 2012, theres some evidence to the presidents job approval being tied to the democratic vote share in. some of these states. if president is at 40% -- >> mid-term election. the presidents approval rating in a mid-term is the gold standard. ...

Happened over the last four years in terms of our deficit. >> fred, another part of the poll thats interesting, were able to look republican distric those that live in democratic congressional districts. a few things where theres not surprising diversion, right, in republican districts, the presidents rating is 62%, and 56% when it comes to direction of the country. health care law, 56% say its a bad idea, democrat districts, 52%. thats not surprising. heres where they do agree. they have a nega...

>> you see two critics of it right there, lindsey graham and ted cruz. ted cruz one of the freshmen republican senators, wolf, already beginning to lay the ground work for a possible 2016 presidential campaign based largely on his opposition to obamacare. thats part of a bigger debate. the president will address it tonight a debate weve been having for the past 24 years. since the founding of the republican but since the republican big win in the mid-term in the clinton years about the size, the...

Presidents address, the state-of-the-union address. shes under different circumstances right now. it will be interesting, john king and gloria borger, to hear how much the president actually talks about the affordable care act as we see lindsey graham and ted cruz standing by talking amongst themselves. >> you see two critics of it right there, lindsey graham and ted cruz. ted cruz one of the freshmen republican senators, wolf, already beginning to lay the ground work for a possible 2016 preside...

And 28% said troubled, and 21% said deteriorating and 3% said strong. joining me live senior political editor mark murray. how does the president face some of those words? sadly divided. thats a midterm decision for american voters if they want one party to control more. i mean, so how does he respond to that? >> i think he responds by trying to actually have a more uplifting message. as you mentioned, tamron, the big headline from our poll is just how pessimistic and downbeat the public is. in ...

The republicans the majority. lets blank that out. as we head into the election season, the mid term season and the president gives the state of the union, the republicans obviously in the majority, 234 seats. democrats in the minority, 201. democrats were optimistic the tide was turning. perhaps nancy pelosi could win the gavel back. people viewed this as a nonpresidential party meaning a republican year. lets look at 2014. most house seats and house districts are safe. weve assigned the seats ...

The affordable care act, still mired in the 30s and lowest approval ratings and two huge challenges for the democrats going into the midterm, arent they? >> absolutely. if you want me to say there is a sliver lining here, i cant find a silver lining. >> especially if i were president and i saw the 63% number, it just would make me sick to my stomach. what does 63% of americans doubt the president have confidence he is going to do the right things for america? >> i think because he is coming out ...

Leagues. youre not only running for governor, youre running for governor of texas, and at a time -- >> and a midterm, when this is the race. >> everyone is watching it. but, also, in a state where democrats are hungering to turn that state from red to at least purple. so theres a bigger then going on here than wendy davis. of course, her opponents are going to push very hard to take her down in any way possible. now, i was thinking, as you were talking about, you know, these attacks, these gende...

It. we should have done more economic issues, but in letting the explanation of both the affordable care act, which i talked about a little bit in this talk, be predominant and then ignoring the other issues. >> yet the white house is getting some help from republicans like utahs gary herbert, the latest governor to support expanding medicaid. >> doing nothing is not an option. we have about 60,000 people in the state of utah that live below the poverty line. >> now, some changes to the presiden...