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But its not like other politicians are making gains on the back of obamas lower ratings. 22% see the republican party in a light. the same number feel the country is headed in the right direction. a whopping 70% say its on the wrong track. one of the hosts of "crossfire" and also former adviser to the obama administration. van jones, nice to see you, sir. >> nice to see you, too. >> you worked in the white house, this is a mess. some people are accusing the president of being a bystander when yo...

Bill: this poll number just came out, 30% of people expect their health care to go up. 32% think they wont get the same type of coverage. 15% believe they will be able to afford it anyway. republican out of ohio, louisiana congressman, vice chairman of the doctors congress and professor of medicine at nyu, member of fox medical a team. we have talked this almost daily of the rollout and how things are going, but the members of congress have been on and off trying to give us a sense about where t...

>> i think they should. remember, as you know, a lot of times these polls show how unpopular congress is but the incumbents themselves generally fare decently. people generally like their members ever congress. but what weve seen through this whole shutdown and this crisis after crisis atmosphere in washington is that incumbents are getting less and less popular. so this is a concern for republicans. of course they have to keep the house next year. they are still favored to keep the house in the...

>> everybody in the country needs to give up on these folks. they do not respond to normal logic. they were sent there to be come kaz zis, no poll number is going to change that. from the beginning, this has been within john boehners control, to short circuit the xris sis, i hear this thing he cant pass anything with democratic support then hes afraid of losing his speakers gavel. first of all, i dont believe that. second of all, heres an idea. ness this is kinds of outside of historical numbers...

Party class of 2010. you are kind of a very typical example. so i want to ask you. just in terms of the new kind of politician. youve never held public office before, right? >> correct. >> youre a funeral director by trade, correct? >> owner. >> hes a businessman. >> no. no. and youre representing a district that was represented by a democrat for how many years? >> well, a republican hadnt won this seat since 1882. >> okay. so based on all that, what are you hearing from your constituents about ...

Nothing thats worth this kind of fight. anyway, i have said enough. i think ill just -- >> you can exhale. olivier, the 5% poll number, the american people according to a new a.p. poll, only 5% of us approve of the job congress is doing. you dont find that as contradictory with the 98% re-election or recidivism rate that i do. >> right. thats right. congress now is obviously less popular than venereal disease, we established that a long time ago. but now the 5% number is really important because...

Behind him. hey, republicans are being crazy to make this fight over obama care. as this draws out longer, do you sent sense a little bit, im not saying the momentum is but do you sense people are getting a little more confused in. >> everybody is losing. theres could not faugs on capitol hill. nobody comes out of this looking good. everybodys poll number will sink. a reality check here. paul mentioned how awful things were and occasionally entertaining political fights. this is different. weve ...

I dont know if you heard peter king. but at the top of the hour he referred to what ted cruz is doing as a fraud. and said that the republicans need to stop listening to ted cruz ruffle worried the gop could lose the majority because of this? >> if we go back to 1996, the last time there was a shutdown, the republicans reteenage their control of the congress. they lost some ground admittedly. but the next election is a million years away from now. i heard the legacy mentioned by the last guest. ...

So the republican party had real momentum coming out of that election. they had a real mandate. they had a real unity behind speaker newt gingrich at the time. so there was a much more assertive argument for why they would be able to hold firm against the presidents demands. by the way, they also held the senate. at this point you have i believe the polling this morning showed 72-22 or 78-22. >> 72-22. >> against shutting down the government in order to stop obama care. thats a terrible poll num...

Over a republican. that would be a problem if it were sustain. i dont know if you heard peter king. but at the top of the hour he referred to what ted cruz is doing as a fraud. and said that the republicans need to stop listening to ted cruz ruffle worried the gop could lose the majority because of this? >> if we go back to 1996, the last time there was a shutdown, the republicans reteenage their control of the congress. they lost some ground admittedly. but the next election is a million years ...