Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180201:04:42:00
Number 34. his departure brings the total number of republican house retirements to 34. cornell, no one needs to remind you, that doesn't equal permission to flip the house. that's just republicans leaving congress. the latter is a big challenge. >> well, here's the thing. look, in 2006 i worked for government at the dnc. i think when we had a wave election, you had i think 18 or 19 republican incumbents stepping down. this is a big deal in campaign terms, brian. because knocking off incumbents is really, really hard. right? it's darn near impossible to knock off an incumbent. you're seeing mo...