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In 2018? do they pick up steam here because they can say, look, we're standing strong to what we stand for here? >> i don't think so, if you look at historically, a presidential election is on an off-presidential year, the party that's not in power tends to come out in stronger force. really what we're seeing here, there are races put to democrats in blood red districts. i think it's going to the distance that comes out longer in 2018. >> kevin, as a longtime washington watcher as laura as well were the last two deals consistent with being good deals being made by a good deal maker? >> i think...

Particularly in the white house. so if he does win, i think it could not only mean democrats shouldn't overread it. we ought to put forth competent, serious, thoughtful sober candidates who aren't partisan and strident about how they go about doing their work. and this ossoff kid certainly represents that. >> congressman jolly, same question. >> look, he is riding the wave. the numbers are obvious in kansas. i think the congressional democrat underperformed trump by about 20 points. clearly, the republicans taken as a whole will underperform what tom price had done. but it's also important to ...

Municipal bonds. they're not backstopping the pensions. when a big company goes under, we have this federal agency that guarantees pensions. it says, you know, you're not going to get 100 cents on the dollar but maybe 50, 60 cents. someone will pay that out. what you're seeing now in detroit, which is damaging, is all these retired workers, their income is going to go to zero. what does that do to the local housing market and consumer businesses there? so i think the thing they should be looking at is some sort of scheme to backstop the pensions of those workers at the very least. >> so dan, g...

Under the law as passed by congress and court rulings since 1913 to investigate anyone who wants this tax exempt status to make sure they aren't partisan, they aren't primarily political and they are not to benefit an individual. well, they suddenly get flooded with a doubling of requests and many of them come from groups who have now put out the letters they were sent asking for more information and those letters revealed that they said, well, we want to influence legislation. we are holding candidate forums. those are things that require the irs to investigate. so the mistake was not to inve...

>> larry: we're back with our panelists. ben stein. stephanie miller. nancy giles. what do you make of this story? >> does this mean there's hope for mel gibson and his ex? this is shocking. very shocking, isn't it? as human beings, some things aren't partisan. i'm glad -- you know, hopefully the kid will have parents. it is weird, like you said. i don't know that my mother would want to read things in a magazine about me that i hadn't told her. like things, i was getting marry his. >> larry: dana, any political affect on sarah? >> i don't think so. obviously, it's difficult for her as a mothe...