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They have democrats plus 14. that would be a blowout and democr and the fight about it makes it more race the numbers, quinnipiac has 50% wanting the democrats to i want to caution you, if you plus 7. senate races are state by stat bepts defense in indiana and missou we into the final five weeks. wow. >> thats a reminder that things can change drastically in a points democr are looking and saying this i not over. we have to keep working and

Gloria mentioned this this is indicative of a wave. because if we take this seat tonight. and it theres no question that the momentum is moving, republicans are scared, theyre going to decide, do i run with donald trump or run away from him. >> mike brought up, if you work at the nrcc i was thinking about the days i was on campaigns and things. you never want to spend this kind of money on a special election. theres been millions of dollars spent for a special election in august in a plus 7 repu...

Are 88% white. well then the democrats are going to retake the house. is this an anomaly or across america? if this is across america, and democrats are running even in districts, thats supposed to be a republican district knew paid any attention to the presidential race, thats supposed to be a ruby red republican district and its teetering at 5050 tonight. were going to pop out to this. this tonight is the last special election. we go through the primary season we have these 95 kui house rices,...

Is 5050. and youre one of these republicans, you are already nervous, tonight youre panicked, if youre one of these other republicans, this is an r plus 7. so what if youre in an r plus 5 or r plus three? you better raise more money. you better hope the president between now and november. were talking about wall money, you dont want any of that. you want to go home and campaign. >> what are you saying if youre one of these republicans, you say he came to campaign for balder son, do you want him ...

43% for oconnor. a district president trump won by 11 points in 2016. >> right. mitt romney won it by ten. reliably republican district. in republican hands for 35 years. the fact that we are even talking about it i think gets to the point of what the political environment is for the parties and the headwinds the republicans facing. heres what i think rir nt -- irrespective of tonight. if you think youre a republican and never had a tough race and in for an r-plus 7 and this is or more republica...

This seat, this is going to be something of a deflator? >> certainly not, the fact were looking at the dead heat in our plus 7 district i think is making everybody on the other side incredibly nervous and empowering those on our site. if it comes anywhere near as close as polling suggests, thats definitely a loss for the gop even if we wind up for balderson. i agree with everything rick said about the particulars of the race but i do think there is something larger happening across the country i...

Ann we are back with "the washington post" aaron blake and politicos anna. i want to start with you anna. your sources are talking about what we were. ohio especially election. >> we reported today youre going to see money coming on the republican side. my sources are saying look for democrats to also increase spending. 35 years this seat in r-plus 7 has been in republican hands. >> it kind of escaped notice earlier in week when it was reported that robert mueller the special counsel has refer...

And pick targets like elizabeth warren and it will the attitude, me against the media. me against the world. me against the democrats. could that get comparable energy? >> we have to go back and look at his approval ratings in the republican party. at 90%. no one is saying the reality is that the republican party shrank since he became president. only the people who really love donald trump is staying. there is a reckoning am can be for the republican party. its in the form of women. when we wen...

Overperformances and the generic ballot its d plus 6, d plus 7. thats right near the range suggested 50-50. brian: great. all right. appreciate it all right. coming up straight ahead. comedian samantha bee back on tv i know you didnt even know she was on. she is now apologizing for her vulgar comment about ivanka trump, kind of. >> it is a word i have used on the show many times hoping to reclaim it. this time i used it as an insult. i crossed the line i regret it and i do apologize for that. br...

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...