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District. maybe voted for the president with reservations or against clinton. there we saw a case if you do a full embrace of the president in the general election in a fairly safe republican seat, didnt go very well. >> i get the sense that some republicans are feeling a little better about the midterms now than maybe they would have two months ago and some of the congressional ballot tests the margins have shrunk. you can look at that. but also theres intensity of support. how do you see it? >...

>> certainly cnn poll encouraging for republicans. i would still -- if im a republican im operating under the assumption im down. you can never work hard enough, raise enough money and hope for the best and you have to plan for the worst. these generic numbers float. thats a national generic number. in my district, theres a plus 11 generic right now for the democrat. >> democratic advantage. >> my districts dead even. i look at the generic ballots to learn from that way and only one factor. i lo...

Phenomenon saying the split personality of the election makes it difficult for any party to develop any kind of overarching message. and it looks like the democrats will lose seats in the senate. is this unusual to you? how does this affect midterm strategies? >> this is probably a more complicating midterm election than most. primarily because of who is in the white house. hes such a focus of attention for the media and others that to some extent its complicating the midterm messaging and strat...

Of the -- it was a plus 11 rf. trump won that, ours was a plus 5 r. trump won it by 10. we are definitely looking forward to it. thats why you heard rumors that paul ryan was thinking about getting out. as far as him saying that its because of his family, well, if that was the case, if thats the only reason hes going to get out, then why did he just recently perform a poll? >> do you expect him to campaign? do you expect him to campaign if its not paul kneeland? >> im sure the republicans will p...

When has he ever said -- even when he talks about russia generally, he does not criticize putin. some of the putin moves that he has put forward. even the elections in russia right now. theres virtually no one running against mr. putin. why? because he tries to punish his adversaries and put them in jail or do something to them. mr. trump would like to do the same thing. he has articulated just that fact. >> western pennsylvania special election. how confident are you in nancy pelosis leadership...

Randy bryce in wisconsin, is trying to unseat paul ryan. mr. bryce, thank you for joining us. the iron stash is your nickname. cnn is not yet declaring a official winner. though conor lamb declares victory. the democrats say the ability of a exact to pull off the win in a district solid ily won by trump is cant be overstated. do you think this overstates the significance of the elections. >> weigh waking up in a district thats plus four r and exacts winning in plus 11 r. i feel pretty good. espe...

A exact to pull off the win in a district solid ily won by trump is cant be overstated. do you think this overstates the significance of the elections. >> weigh waking up in a district thats plus four r and exacts winning in plus 11 r. i feel pretty good. especially donald trump campaigning there twice. and paul ryan was talking about him making it -- it took him to bring that -- the results a little bit closer. and its obvious whats going on in the country. >> how much do you think this is spea...

Pennsylvanias 18th district is listed r plus 11 according to the cook voter index. meaning republicans had 11 point advantage over democrats. devin nunes and cath were mcmorris listed as r plus eight. paul ryan and lee zeldin are r plus fives. are these guys safe? >> well, no, like many republicans in swing seats, theyre in a real tough environment. i mean, lets look at this pennsylvania 19 thing and couldnt step back. >> 18th. >> we couldnt carry a district that romney won and trump won a week ...

And my advice to republicans running out there is you have to show a show of measure of independence. can you grow with trump on some things but you have to be independent and prove you are not completely. -- you dont want to hug him so you need a restraining order. and the second thing is trump embraced a really democratic idea which is tariffs. and if you are a democrat and you believe in tariffs -- which most democrats do, why not pick the dpkic choice instead of republican one. >> listen, mi...

Be poised to win pennsylvania 18, that would be a giant surprise. >> absolutely. of course hes -- theres more sugar on that that wean supposed to eat in a month in what he just said. no question its not the only thing he fudged. also the idea that conor lamb is a unique candidate. were hearing that spin from not just the house speaker but other republicans, thats also not true. the democrats are fielding a number of candidates who are like conor lamb in that veterans and more importantly, they a...