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Efforts are very strong but also says the unconventional wisdom the presidents, you know, second midterm election is usually bad for his party. hes saying that this six-year itch is going to be unfounded. david, are you surprised by the fact that the president wants to put up that much collateral, put up that much political capital to see 2014, maybe swing a different way against the six-year itch? >> im not surprised at all. dont forget, i worked in the clinton white house in 1998, when for the...

Loses big in a two-term presidents second midterm. today were taking a deep dive into whether the six-year itch is real or simply a coincidence that just happened a few times. its a look back at history, if you will. well show what you were looking at. at the last five two-term presidents. truman, eisenhower, reagan, clinton, and bush. were including truman because even though he wasnt elected in 1944, he took over after f.d.r. died just three months into his term in 1945. president nixon is out...

Each have. jim deminute going outside of the senate into something thats out in the think tank world. were going to have more of this. well have more from the gaggle coming up. plus, the six-year itch. its a bed rom of conventional wisdom. is it just a made-up thing? second term president, supposedly struggling in his second midterm. well let you know whether we think its real or simply a coincidence. the deep dive is next. first, a special trivia question. who was the first president and who wa...

President clinton, of course, is the big outliar here, if youll recall. he didnt lose anything in that second midterm. winning five house seats for his party. staying even in the senate. eight years later in 2006 president bush got hammered. republicans lost 30 seats in the house, six in the senate, but, of course, more importantly, control of both houses were gone from the republicans. a couple of things to note here. the 1988 election under president clinton marked the only time a sitting two-...

Well, as we get closer to the next midterm e lexzs, youll likely hear more about the so called sixz-year itch. its a theory that the party controlling the white house is big. today, were taking a dive into whether the six-year itch is real or simply a coincidence that just happened a few times. its a look back at history, if you will. let me show you what were looking at. truman, eisenhower, reagan, clinton and bush. were including truman because he took over after f.d.r. died. president nixon i...

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Senate into something that is out in the think tank world. >> well have more of this, more from the gaggle coming up, plus the six-year itch. is the bedrock of conventional wisdom or just a made-up thing. second term presidents struggling in his second midterm. well let you know whether we think its real or a coincidence. but first, our special trivia question, who was the first president and the most recent president to officially start a term on a sunday? answer and more is coming up on "the...

A nightmare say that yo mare sc? >> more than a little overstated, peter. look, why dont with pick another number? why not 120 seats? lets not stop at 100. 1894, the democrats lost more than 120 seats in grover clevelands second midterm. this is ridiculous. its mid-april and the numbers that im seeing, and i have my own website, the crystal ball, where we rate the races all the time. i dont see the justification for these giant numbers. now, things can change by november. democrats could be in a...