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Publish a number, charlie, for what happens if its under 40. >> yeah, well, this is new territory here. yeah, and now the thing is there are some factors that would partially mid gate it. congressional district boundaries since the 2011 redistricting benefit republicans some, and natural population patterns where democratic vote is concentrated in urban areas. but lets just say take that 40 number. okay. knock it down by 25% to 30. thats still losing the house. anything 24 or over is losing majo...

Republicans some, and natural population patterns where democratic vote is concentrated in urban areas. but lets just say take that 40 number. okay. knock it down by 25% to 30. thats still losing the house. anything 24 or over is losing majority in the house. so even with the district boundaries and population patterns, the chances of republicans losing 24 or more are going up. and but youre right. when a president has approval rating of 50 or over, theyve typically either picked up seats or jus...

Handicap. we are not used to high turnout mid terms. other than that where is this going? >> to me you have got competing forces. you look at sort of the macro political, the political environment, and its just looking absolutely awful for republicans. but then you look at the micro side, whether you are talking about the house or whether you are talking about the senate, the specific circumstances. redistricting where congressional district boundaries are helps republicans. natural population p...

Across the country. number one, theyre going on vacation for a couple weeks when weve got this thing looming on march 1st, the sequester. what evidence do we have out there that shows the 113th is going to be any different from the 112th, that theyre not going to be a record number of filibusters when theyre doing this to chuck hagel today? i mean, i think this is the tea leaves, isnt it? >> actually, we dont have any evidence. what always amaze me, when they say that congress has a disapproval ...

Its nothing there. >> americans get -- i think are upset about this. thats not the term id like to use on tv. id be a little more brash aboutangry. across the country. number one, theyre going on vacation for a couple weeks when weve got this thing looming on march 1st, the sequester. what evidence do we have out there that shows the 113th is going to be any different from the 112th, that theyre not going to be a record number of filibusters when theyre doing this to chuck hagel today? i mean, i...