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Welcome back. divided government. it isn't going to be the only thing coming up the works in capitol hill in 2018. getting things done is also going to get difficult very fast. a lot of members of congress are going to be angling for a promotion to the presidency. there will be at least 14 members of the house and senate as we talked about earlier who are thinking of running for 2020. 14 of them. and get ready for each of the democrats to try to stand out from the pack with bill sponsorships and grand standing of all kinds. remember what ted cruz was doing for the republican side? you get my p...

Andmap . the house is probably helpful for democratsbecause of the districts this is being contested . >>chris: what about the argument you hear republicans make that democrats overplayed their hand in this case and that it has created a backlash and that will hurt the democrats? >> i think democrats need to be careful. i argued we should get this over with quickly because we didn't have the votes to prevent him from getting on the core and it's not a winning argument. democrats don't vote on judicial issues the same that republicans do. they need to stay focused on 2018. getting the majority ...

It's helpful for republicans in the senate because of the math andmap . the house is probably helpful for democratsbecause of the districts this is being contested . >>chris: what about the argument you hear republicans make that democrats overplayed their hand in this case and that it has created a backlash and that will hurt the democrats? >> i think democrats need to be careful. i argued we should get this over with quickly because we didn't have the votes to prevent him from getting on the core and it's not a winning argument. democrats don't vote on judicial issues the same that republica...

Saudi arabia to put more oil on the market because prices are rising and he suggested in a tweet that the king agreed but thereafter there was a statement from the white house suggesting that king salman said they had two million barrels of capacity. what they can do and what they will do are two different matters. first and foremost, saudi arabia has always maintained the idea of market stability. they don't want prices dropping too fast because it kills off investment to maintain production and production capacity. they're adding 2 million barrels a day to 11 million. that is a record, 11 mi...

We don't really need this president to get what we want to get through. and that's a problem politically for the president as we head into 2018. >> getting nothing done and being consistently ugly on issues about -- some of the fundamental fabric of the country is going to make you unpopular. remember, the idea of being popular within the base, his party, is totally routine. you are always at 85 to 90 to 95% within your base. i talked to pollsters just to make sure i wasn't losing it. they've never seen numbers like this. put up more of the numbers in this poll. left pollsters, right pollsters...