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1966, which is the modern high mark, at 49%. possible. you know, dana, i would say that the 2010 midterm was extremely important. the 1994 midterm. 2006 midterm. we've had a lot of important midterms. everything appears to be more important than it is because it's today. but in the historical context, this will be important, but there have been a lot of others, too. >> dana: what will you look at on tuesday night after it's all said and done and all the counting is finished. what do you look for in terms of a trend that you would be looking to consider for 2020 and how that race might shape up...

Speaker, return to the speakership. should she have just sort of laid low in these last four days? >> no, i don't think so, dana. i think you have a die tphapl nick both parties that are working hard to get to their base. 45 million fewer people historically vote in a midterm than a presidential. you need to get your votes out. that's what i think she's doing. i don't blame her for that. she's a useful tool for republicans. >> dana: she certainly has raised a ton of money in red to blue districts. they have been flooded with all that campaign money. ari fleisher, we will be checking in with yo...

Fox today, we've got the big fox square being built outside. it will be like a slumber party with no sleep. it feels almost as exciting as a presidential election year and it's a midterm? >> it's amazing. i think a lot of that has to do with the fact that the person that was interviewed right there says, these are pretty divided times. the other thing is, we have a guy like president trump, who's treating this -- >> dana: like a presidential election. >> he is not ceding any ground. that can cut both ways, but i think the reason that we are sitting here talking about the possibility that repub...

Are five candidates who have just recently said they would vote against her. what do you think her thinking is today as she heads into this midterm and is feeling the wind at her back. >> she does have a history of being wylie on the inside. she's proved that years ago when she wasspeaker. there are two issues at play. one whether the democrats have sufficient majority. they have a five vote margin, then she's in deep deep trouble. if they have a 15 to 20 vote margin, she's probably safe. the congressional black caucus and identity politics that marks today's democratic party. not such a good ...

Themselves. also they would do something on health care. that's their basic number one issue. people at gallup say their pollsteres say number one issue across the country, healthcare. will either of those issues have anything happen within the next two years in this scenario regardless of who takes over or the republicans maintain a many jurorty? >> no. i see two years of maneuvering by both parties to set themselves up for 2020. margins will be too small for anybody to do anything of any significance. only chance you have is if you create so much ebb terpbl political momentum behind somethin...