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Looking at the generic battleground test, the congressional ballot where there's an eleven-point difference at this point. >> yeah, they had quite a lead. it's interesting mitch mcconnell was asked about entitlement reform, and paul ryan, he would love to see that tax reform and talked about it in the past week, and mitch mcconnell said i don't think we will move on entitlement reform because the democrats didn't want to move on it, and the democrats didn't want to move on obamacare or the taxes and mcconnell went full steam ahead on that, so why is he saying they're not taking on entitlements...

This morning. but i do see what you're saying. there's some other interesting political news, caitlin, while we have you, on the new congressional ballot test. showing the democrats with a g big, fat edge. like the type of lead you haven't seen since the last time they gained 40 seats. significant and can it last a year? >> it is significant. because when we're trying to sort of parse through and predict what will happen in the midterms, you look at first the president's approval rating and then that generic battleground test in terms of the congressional ballot. in 2006, it was about 11 1/2 p...

They down one senator next year, but they are also facing the natural headwinds that come with the midterm election. looking at the generic congressional battleground test, democrats have an 11-point advantage, which they saw in 2006 when the democrats took over. the republicans have accomplished actually a lot of things, especially when you look at the judges and different executive orders, but is that enough to rally up the republican base? or does that in turn really serve to rally democrats. and we have already seen evidence of that in the past two elections. >> there's a headline in polit...