Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130102:05:31:00
Republicans used against his party. eisenhower was saddled with the midterms of 1958. u.s. unemployment had spiked to nearly 7%. that was double what it had been when he was first elected six years earlier. during the 2006 midterm the u.s. was three years into the iraq war and facing heavy sectarian violence. a combination that put -- what are the lessons for president obama and the democrats? should they worry about a six-year itch? i say maybe not so much. here's why. because in 2010 the party lost 63 seats in the house, six seats in the senate. president obama famously called it a shellacki...