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Chris: its interesting. if you think about these two issues that dominated his election-year, including the midterm election that followed, his election was dominated and determined. it was determined by the economy, which was in terrible straits when he took office. what did he say about the economy today? he said a recovery has begun. it began only months after he took office in june 2009. so what did he say in the speech today that said i have a plan or new ideas for creating a more robust ec...

Block him at every turn that plays on the psyche of the american people. >> mike, whatses in it for in it for the republicans? well, the republicans backs are against the wall. they owned the house of representatives. they have a midterm election in 2014. for those republicans saying oh well, we always win midterm elections elections, no, you dont. two elections ago, we get routed by nancy pelosi. >> lets get to a break. we have a lot ahead. dont forget to share your photos of todays inauguratio...

But what the parents are newtown are saying is exactly right. as the president said himself, if were going to be able to create change, its going to require the support of the american public. now the white house has done right by us in terms of putting together a comprehensive set of solutions not only to prevent tragedies like newtown. now its up to us to have their back to push these through, to change the conversation in congress, to bring the conversation thats going on in the american publ...

Pers -- and senator gill brand, used to talk about how she had a gun underneath her bed and shes also someone whos talking about what do we do to stop gun violence. is this going to be even be beyond a conversation, im wondering, ted? is gun control going to be a kind of litmus test in 2016 for democrats? >> i think it could be. in presidential politics, there are basically two issues, the economy and war. and if the nations economy continues to improve, if were able to get out of afghanistan th...

Republicans used against his party. eisenhower was saddled with the midterms of 1958. u.s. unemployment had spiked to nearly 7%. that was double what it had been when he was first elected six years earlier. during the 2006 midterm the u.s. was three years into the iraq war and facing heavy sectarian violence. a combination that put -- what are the lessons for president obama and the democrats? should they worry about a six-year itch? i say maybe not so much. heres why. because in 2010 the party ...

The two most recent examples of midterms. bill clintons democrats lost 54 house seats and eight senate seats in 1994 before turning the tables with those surprise wins in 1998. both parties said in the 1998 result was due in part, maybe in whole, to the public backlash against republicans who seem too focused on the lewinsky scandal rather than governing. president bush saw the opposite. had a great first midterm. not so great second one. two republican midterms there. gaining ground in both cha...

Control of the senate in the process. president clinton is the out wire here. he did not lose anything in the second midterm. he stayed even in the senate question mark staying even in the senate. eight years later in 2006 president bush got hammered. republicans lost 30 seats in the house, six in the senate, but, of course, more importantly, control of both houses were gone from the republicans. a couple of things to note here. the 1988 election under president clinton marked the only time a si...

112th congress is all over. this congress will go down in history in terms of stats as the worst congress in terms of passing legislation. the folks in the house and speaker boehner and all to the rank and file, their mission when they were elected in 2012 and president obamas first midterm election was that they wanted to be appliqued on president obamas legislation. if you look at what they were able to do in the last two years, they were pretty much able to curtail any of the big things that ...

Tax on owner occupied homes. it was amazing what he did on spending, cutting spending by the next four best presidents combined. clinton is a very different person that president obama and i dont see any hope but for political change. we will get our chance in 2014. now that he owns the economy and the democrats --. >>neil: you argue the republicans will do well in the midterm? >>guest: they will do really well in the midterm. i view a nixon like second term for president obama to be honest. you...

Loses big in a two-term presidents second midterm. today were taking a deep dive into whether the six-year itch is real or simply a coincidence that just happened a few times. its a look back at history, if you will. well show what you were looking at. at the last five two-term presidents. truman, eisenhower, reagan, clinton, and bush. were including truman because even though he wasnt elected in 1944, he took over after f.d.r. died just three months into his term in 1945. president nixon is out...