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Of democrats. the ones who got beaten this november and the ones that survived. the ones that survived probably can t get beaten because this is the worst year a democrat is probably going to face for centuries. they can be progressive. i m not sure that s true, chris. it can get worse? i think it could get worse and i think the people who won this time around won because they really dug in and worked hard and convinced the voters. nobody was handed anything in the last election. the safe seats, sir. there s no such thing as a safe seat. excuse me. i disagree. san francisco, the bay area there are no safe seats. a lot of long-term democrats have been there a long time. okay. i end my story right there. you can t be beaten in san francisco as a democrat. what about oberstar? i mentioned new york, san francisco, philadelphia, chicago. you can t lose in the inner city if you re a democrat. you can t lose. well, i would venture to say ....
Survived. the ones that survived probably can t get beaten because this is the worst year a democrat is probably going to face for centuries. they can be progressive. i m not sure that s true, chris. it can get worse? i think it could get worse and i think the people who won this time around won because they really dug in and worked hard and convinced the voters. nobody was handed anything in the last election. the safe seats, sir. there s no such thing as a safe seat. excuse me. i disagree. san francisco, the bay area there are no safe seats. a lot of long-term democrats have been there a long time. okay. i end my story right there. you can t be beaten in san francisco as a democrat. what about oberstar? i mentioned new york, san francisco, philadelphia, chicago. you can t lose in the inner city if you re a democrat. you can t lose. well, i would venture to say cf1 o safe seat is probably ....
Everybody is in the entertainment industry. everybody is in the union. ditto in west virginia. bill: i say that s president obama s lifeline. that if he had lost reid, then it would have been a total disaster. now he still has a finger hold. but the important point is that this is the biggest republican win in the house of representatives since 1946. bill: why? we have heard that a million times. why is that so important. even the san francisco giants won a world series. bill: what does it matter whether you control the house by two or 60? what does it matter? it gives you first of all, controlling the house is very important. but, they have wiped out an entire generation of democratic congressman. all of the recruitment that went on during the last 15 years, all of the building, just got totally wiped out. every one of those rahm emanuel freshman is gone. bill: for the folks. by the way, a lot of the leadership, too, oberstar. bill: a lot of big shots went ....
Everybody is in the entertainment industry. everybody is in the union. ditto in west virginia. bill: i say that s president obama s lifeline. that if he had lost reid, then it would have been a total disaster. now he still has a finger hold. but the important point is that this is the biggest republican win in the house of representatives since 1946. bill: why? we have heard that a million times. why is that so important. even the san francisco giants won a world series. bill: what does it matter whether you control the house by two or 60? what does it matter? it gives you first of all, controlling the house is very important. but, they have wiped out an entire generation of democratic congressman. all of the recruitment that went on during the last 15 years, all of the building, just got totally wiped out. every one of those rahm emanuel freshman is gone. bill: for the folks. by the way, a lot of the leadership, too, oberstar. bill: a lot of big shots went ....
Skeleton, 18th term and barney frank you know and oberstar, and are these guys in jeopardy. absolutely. barney frank had to put $200,000 of his own money in his own campaign and congressman spratt at times sounded like he s already accepting defeat. ike skelton a respected member of house a strong republican opponent former state representative she s turned out to be a fantastic candidate and oberstar trying to hold off a navy veteran and airline pilot and simply the fact that these senior democrats are being contested is a seen of how difficult the environment is for democrats. not only are these senior democrats are chairmen, but we have look, no doubt in my mind, earl pomeroy, a 13 term member from north dakota is ....