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Term is certainly in jeopardy because it has been tough enough to get it through in the first year when you have a democratic dominated house and senate by good numbers. insofar as those numbers shrink the presidents agenda gets more difficult. what they are trying to do is stir up the net roots and stir up liberals in general. it is not as much money because thats sort of taking care of an individual place since it is a midterm. as it is just trying on get them to the polls. because right now, ...

We donáhknow if the speaker pelosi has pressured him to step aside. certainly plenty of democrats would love that to be the outcome because it makes the whole thing go away. the entire circus, which would result from this court-like proceeding thats going to happen in the house right now, that all goes away. if he sticks around, it could be an ugly summer leading up to the november election. thats not something democrats want. >> the november election has been compared to the election of 1994, ...

Congress. this investigation disappears if he simply resigns the house of representatives now. >> hes been absolutely defiant through this entire process. we dont know if the speaker pelosi has pressured him to step aside. certainly plenty of democrats would love that to be the outcome because it makes the whole thing go away. the entire circus, which would result from this court-like proceeding thats going to happen in the house right now, that all goes away. if he sticks around, it could be an...

Disappointed, and two, theyre willing to campaign against candidates who they think are too, in their words, moderate compromising and stick up for the fighters. people in the primary the mainstream democrats might say cant win, they say theyll back the fighters. they say even president obama could suffer. progressives might not get behind him with fervor in 2012 if he doesnt come their way and fight a little heard. thats what i hear here, john. >> its a fascinating moment in politics. every day...

And that they should be repealed. what we should though renew are the middle income tax cuts and in april, when the american people paid their taxes, because of the middle income tax cuts that we had in the recovery act, american people paid taxes an at the lowest level since the 1950s. >> you know, its interesting, senator harken, in theirtive is now starting amongst the republicans just 100 days away from the midterm. they want to preserve the bush tax cuts. you got the guy on the other side o...

Gingrich, weighing in on the news lately. joining me now, roger simon politico reporter. and dan, were going to make roger make his case here. youre watching -- youre watching this sarah palin. shes clearly decided to get involved in midterm this is a way i think none of us ever thought. you see this as the classic case of someone preparing for a presidential run? >> i see it as someone maybe convincing herself that she can do a presidential run and as you yourself have noted, theres always plen...

That the estate tax getting rid of the estate tax is a fairness issue and helps mostly small businesses. >> in the midst of all of this were not far away, 100 days from the midterm, a new poll says if the president were to run against a republican, he would lose by three points. norm, what do you make of this? the erosion in all of this, here are the numbers. gop candidate, 39, president obama 36. depends on candidate, 13%. and 12% of the people are undecided. they really dont know. the erosion ...

Hill are arguing and it goes to this more psychological strain between the white house and the house democrats in particular and some on the senate which this sthey feel the white house does not have as much on the line. they are right. the president will have his job in jan and some house democrats will not. >> people who get out the vote and the fund-raising? >> i think it has a counterbalance effect. saying we are in trouble, lets get going. >> except, i think, a huge percentage of the people...

Republicans are going to win the majority. what the vice president was doing is keep the dont forces contributing grass polls. basically the old joe name matt like name name matt. >> we are not going to loose the -- lose the house and we are going to keep the senate. >> democrats were urked because robert gibbs said the house was in play. that didnt appear to be the case before this years primaries. only a handful of seats away in house and senate. >> shepard: who is going to be the deciding gro...

>> lets expand that out a little bit. everyone expects with history, the presidents party almost always loses seats but a lot of these reflect huge gains of 2006 and 2008. >> right. >> and as charlie puts it, god didnt intend for democrats to are the seats. if you could just explain whats going on there. >> the very beginning of the cycle, talking to anybody at the dccc they tell you well lose 15 seats off the bad. god didnt intend them. >> they were already -- >> so republican. and just put -- ...