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President to have a good midterm is something like this, george w. bush in 2002, his approval rating was 63%. this is a year after 9/11. there was still a lot of unity behind bush. the biden numbers are nowhere near those bush numbers. theyre in the ballpark of his recent predecessors who had rough midterm elections. the other part of the climate that the troublesome for democrats is this. you ask whats the most important issue, the economy, inflation. you put those two together, by far, thats n...

Other, and then he leaves and we suggest that is a victory for the west, we stood up for ukraine, that is not an ending that i want to sign up for. we have to be ready to stop this man because i could tell you he wouldnt stop at ukraine. >> and i think we all fear that as well. senator dick durbin, democrat from illinois. appreciate you coming on. >> thanks, chuck. up next, governors could be the bright spot for the democratic party and what is shaping up to be a rough midterm environment for ...

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Is that why theyre afraid to poke the bear? so many of them? >> well i think what they want is more unity in the republican party. weve achieved some amount of unity in washington and its caused truch atrump and the republicans to get things done. what corker is proposing is an amendment to the defense bill. the president would veto this i think its the wrong venue. >> the entsentiment is a trade policy that moderate democrats and republicansniformly agree on. what the president is doing on . it...

Guys? >> well, ive been in politics too long for that, brian. but ill tell you this. if we have a rough midterm, putting aside the legislative challenge of the president declaring, you know, twitter war on two votes he may need, if we have a rough midterm, particularly in the house, then youve got a bunch of senators who are up in 2020 who may get corkeritis. and say wait a minute, id rather finish my term with freedom and candor against this president for a couple years. you could also have mit...

Senate? are you looking for profiles and courage to lineup behind these guys? >> well, ive been in politics too long for that, brian. but ill tell you this. if we have a rough midterm, putting aside the legislative challenge of the president declaring, you know, twitter war on two votes he may need, if we have a rough midterm, particularly in the house, then youve got a bunch of senators who are up in 2020 who may get corker itis. and say wait a minute, id rather finish my term with freedom and ...

If we have a rough midterm, putting aside the legislative challenge of the president declaring, you know, twitter war on two votes he may need, if we have a rough midterm, particularly in the house, then youve got a bunch of senators who are up in 2020 who may get corkeritis. and say wait a minute, id rather finish my term with freedom and candor against this president for a couple years. you could also have mitt romney potentially win the senate seat if oren hatch retires and romney decides to ...

Quote, reasonable man republican bob corker challenging this president for the republican nomination? >> well, i think there may be a lot of people challenging him. i think hell be a one-term president, because i think, and this breaks my heart as a republican who would like to see our policy agenda get enacted. but we could have really rough mid terms. you look in some of the state legislative races. ron alluded to one in florida. its interesting. theyre tiny districts, but interesting one in n...

In rockingham county. the professionals in the republican party are looking around seeing our canaries in the coal mine are all choking. so were looking at what could be a very rough midterm. and if we have a rough midterm, then i think the party is going to turn on donald trump. because his brand has been winning. well, were not winning. and he is not idealogically connected. he is not really a republican. he is a populist. all those things could create the perfect storm. and i think there coul...

Liberal bloggers they need to be prepared for a rough midterm but they a lot accomplished. if there is punishment at the polls perhaps democrats shouldnt be surprised. nobody expected the president to be here today. there was a surprise. nancy pelosi introduced him by video. he acknowledged that he shares some of the liberal lefts frustration that, look they wanted things like options in health care, but he says they got a good amount. >> the president: change hasnt come fast enough for too many...