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So now, if hillary gets a second bite of the apple. she is smart and seasoned and knows trump. so why not? >> the thing i'm most struck with in this conversation is president obama's campaign manager who tweeted the other day why can't we stay on message? if you have all these democrats making news that totally distracts from winning the off-year election. the last thing the average democrat needs, imagine you are a red-state democrat in indiana or missouri and now you are asked about hillary clinton running again? it's a nightmare. >> laura: here's the gallup in september of 2018 her favorabi...

So now if hillary gets a second bite of the apple, she's very smart and seasoned. she knows trump and how he plays in these debates. so why not? >> well, the thing i'm most struck with in this conversation is president obama's campaign manager who tweeted the other day, why can't we stay on message? if you have all these democrats making news that totally distracts from winning the off-year election. so the last thing the average democrats needs, imagine you're a red-state democrat in indiana or in missouri and now you're going to be asked about hillary clinton running again. i mean, it's a ni...

Apprehension about trump's political capital lingered in washington and on the campaign trail in a flurry of actions on tuesday. democrats turned out in droves and significantly overperformed expectations by posing serious challenges to republicans in staunchly gop districts. let's bring in andy card, chief of staff for george w. bush. he's an msnbc political analyst, and matt mcclarty, former white house chief of staff for president clinton. always good when we can get two chiefs of staff together here, gentlemen. thanks for your time. andy, does it ring true, is there concern about the presi...

Kkk. his move now is to energize the african-american vote down there. but still some mixed messages down there, right? in terms of who he is and isn't trying to fill the gaps in with during the last hours. >> there's a case to be made that he probably would vote more with donald trump than chuck schumer in a lot of ways, if you were to win and he wants to remain the senator from alabama, he would have to vote, probably be the most conservative democrat in the senate. so -- these special elections are notoriously hard to determine what the turnout is going to be. this is december, off-year ele...

Television interview damaging and that sort of creates this avalanche they can't step. what he should have done there is no collusion, i want the investigation to bear that out and just be silent is what his aides desperately want and so far it has not happened. >> sam, you've been reporting on the democratic nominee in virginia. now that the special elections are out of the way, that off-year election that could be a real bellwether. >> democrats will have a meltdown potentially if they do lose these gubernatorial elections. they are primed to win in new jersey and primed to win in v. which i...