Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100408:13:27:00
>> our most immediate political priority isn't the '08 presidential race. it's the '06 midterm elections, and we've got to do it and we've got to win. my friends, don't think it isn't going to be a tough fight because it is. >> this president's under siege. and if we follow him or not follow him based on polls, shame on us. george w. bush, ladies and gentlemen, is the winston churchill of our time. >> reporter: it was such a difficult climate for republicans in 2006. john mccain, who wasn't going to win that straw poll that year, decided to ask supporters to write in bush's name to show republ...