Page 950 - Midterm News Today

Probably think the economy is worse than the data shows, because its become a proxy for the -- the economy is a proxy for how obama is doing, which is why independent voters, who will -- are a little more discerning on this kind of thing, and open to persuasion, will read the numbers carefully. thats where its important. independent voters are more important in a midterm, because youll -- the -- the base of the voters particularly among minorities and younger voters tend not to turn out in midte...

Perry, there are a lot of smart people doing a lot of common sense things that arent necessarily unconservative, but theyre actually working. >> theres a high risk to republicans that 2014 gives them a false positive in the way 2010 did. the electorate in the midterm is older and whiter a the a time when whites over 45 are voting 60%-plus republican than the presidential year. especially with the irs controversy looming, the opportunity for republicans to further turn out their base, and they co...

Context of a midterm and more significantly a presidential campaign. no tea party affiliated group was granted tax exempt status for 27 months. many progressive groups received some of and expedited basis. the question raised by a couple of people has been if the story had broken last spring when it became known to some people within the executive branch, the obama administration, if that had ebgt exploded in the public view in march of 2012? would it have affect egd th affected the outcome. wou...

For congressional probes is very limited. so i think if republicans take that as a cue that they should have seven house committees going after president obama right now theyll probably make a mistake. >> seven is a big mistake. >> in "the washington post" you talk about the conspiracy of the unproductive. president obama remains in one crucial category, his opposition that they can definitely overdo this and im sympathetic to that argument and im wondering what the mechanism is for that because...

So much flak over this? resignations, hearings, et cetera? >> we have to grapple with whats just happened and there has to be consequences. it was a serious infraction on the part of these agents and their managers including those in washington, d.c. not just in the cincinnati office. there should be consequences and this will be an investigation that continues for weeks, if not months, and if some have their way, through the midterm or presidential election cycle. but we need to deal with this,...

Rate since 2008, experiencing the fastest deficit reduction that weve seen since world war ii, that is not good for them going into the midterm. >> in fact, despite their involvement in all of this. >> thats right. >> the american people, our court is movi country is moving forward and prior congress, i agree with melissa, what this really is about is to show the rest of the american people that government is bad, that congress is evil, that theres something amiss in washington to the point we c...

The house. that will be a long marathon of a battle if he hopes for a budget deal an immigration reform he ought to get cooking. we are looking a better of months. >> do you agree? people dont realize but after the midterm it is off to the races for the election and he is really a lame duck. >> this is the year that things are more on track than they may appear. there are -- this week we will see the amendments come for the immigration bill. thats on track. the senate hopes to vote in june. noth...

Pass. more tax cuts continuing down the road of gun control, that just isnt going to work. if he stubbornly pushes it. >> jamie: turns to mid terms and then successor or opponent. how much time does he really have to focus on the agenda. >> the president probably has about a year, maybe a year and a half. and then the midterm election politics takes over and then after the midterm, obviously, youre going to be right in the presidential cycle. presidents, it doesnt matter if its president obama. ...

That he still hasnt learned to govern. the headline from national journal obamas worst day in office raises doubts will relevancy. larry sabato tweets obamas second term seems dead in the water. >> bob: bob yes. >> dana: whats the scoop on the democrats side about yesterdays press conference? >> bob: i spoke to a friend of mine, who is still in the political consulting business, and i said what are you going to do about obama in the 14 midterm elections? and he said i can tell you what my candid...

He had two-thirds majority in the house and senate. >> and still was opposed by a lot of the republicans just wasnt enough of them. >> thats correct. and after 1966, he had a lot of trouble because he lost seats in the midterm. look, this whole thing thats been created, maureen dowd started it, its a total misreading of the situation, in my view. the president had a nice response to it at the correspondents dinner. they say, why dont have you a drink with mitch mcconnell? why dont you have a dri...