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He doesn not want to spend the time he did four years ago where he put in a lot of money and lost by nine points to mike huckabee. so i think this is all about setting expectations. if he can come in a strong second or even manage a win there it would be a much bigger story. we could probably see a minimal effort at the straw poll this summer. thats where hes headed. hell be in new hampshire and nevada as well. as for who is out there, governor harbour. michele bachmann, shes going to be there a...

Dana, white house press secretary robert gibbs has some key congressional democrats riled up. he acknowledged this weekend that republicans could regain control of congress in november. what do you thinks going to happen in november? do you think gibbs is right? >> i think gibbs is being honest. its nice to see. i think hes being very honest and probably it rattled some people. because the narrative is, oh, well, were going to win, were going to keep these seats. thats not where all the polling ...

9.5%. so theyre -- you know, theyre not very happy. i think were a little bit too close to the midterms here in order to really back-pedal and turn a lot of that around think right now theyre just sort of setting expectations kind of low. and theyll probably come in a little bit lower than that. whether or not republicans will take back the house, i dont know. >> larry: stephanie, off-year election, generally the party in power loses. >> yeah, absolutely. the thing dan that doesnt mention about ...

House, but i think republicans ought to be very cautious about setting expectations too high. i think its a high bar to clear. we have some really good candidates, but i dont know if theyre going to be able to do that. trace: some numbers to back that out. you know the old saying, throw the bums out, but this is bad. look at this. does most of congress deserve re-election? 29%, bob beckel, say yes. and then we put up this one, does your own congress member deserve re-election? the yes is only 49...

Meetings was the importance of a north korea in the future for american foreign policy. so i think that has been on his mind since the first moment that he was elected. and i think hes looking at this in a -- very much like reagan did. it can happen in the first meeting, but it doesnt have to. the first meeting is going to be about establishing a relationship, i think to get to know each other a little bit, and maybe that will produce a second summit and a third summit. >> harris: you know, i se...

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>> im not a debater. the politicians are debaters. i do a lot of things and maybe my whole life is a debate. but the fact is, im not a debater and they are. but i look forward to it. well see what happens. who knows. >> reporter: how is trump positioning himself at this point? >> reporter: he does seem to be setting expectations somewhat low. some say its a newer donald trump as he talks about his lack of debate experience. what is yet to be seen is thats a positive. hes said to have attacked