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The democrats, we're going to be talking about donald trump and his legal problems and how erratic he is and all the abuses of power and et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. and yet, donald trump's approval rating sticking around 39, 40%, where it's been among registered voters, probably higher. and the democrats. democrats still, if you look at the generic ballot test that's just out, they keep getting drawn down -- drawn back towards the republicans. they still don't seem to have a defining message to take them through the summer and the fall. >> look, it's really important to membremember that ...

Against manafort, the money laundering, the financial dealings, and now not only do they have the documentary evidence to back it up, they have this co-defendant cooperating with the government. so why would you not consider a plea agreement to limit your exposure in a case like this, it is because you think you have got a pardon in your back pocket. now, i don't know if they had those discussions, i don't know if one was promised, if you watch the way manafort and his lawyers are handling this case from the defense side, it is clear they are counting on him not going to prison even if he's co...

Capitol hill before the house judiciary committee, after he had pardons president nixon. >> the difference there, of course, is president ford was never under investigation in waterg watergate, we don't know if president trump is under investigation but it is his campaign being focused on here, so the situation there different in many, many ways. i want to ask you about your district. you obviously are in a district now rated as a tossup by the cook political report. you've done very well there before. hillary clinton won the district, i believe, but you also won, you did much better than hill...

You're right to note he's in the same place barack obama was. of course, then there was sky high unemployment and he was battling to bring back an economy. but what was similar was his party was facing major headwinds and republicans were about to take over the house. it was precarious for him and his party at the moment as it is now for the president. >> when you break down these trump win or lose numbers, what you see is the results are a lot more lopsided on the party line. 75% of republicans say he is going for reelection, you have 87% of democrats saying he's going to lose. >> you can see...

Upcoming midterms. that's how things are shaping up right now. democrats hold a 16-point lead over republicans on a generic ballot according toen a cnn srs poll. 38% said they would vote for the republican, down 6 points. democrats are also more ebb thus aftic about this year's midterms. 57% of democrats say they are extremely or very enthusiastic to vote for congress this year. 43% of republicans said they were extremely or very enthu enthusiastic. >> and we're still a long way off. in a lot of polls in the president's approval ratings also in this generic ballot test, you saw republicans get...