will reagan democrats -- are they up for grabs? will they go to the democrats? do they have the right message? >> the democrats do not have the right message either, but in a midterm election, the way to think about a midterm election is a tennis match, it's breaking serve. it's a protest election and there will be a lot of people knowing that it's sending a message but they're not giving control of the government to the democrats who will vote democrat this time. and then to continue the tennis analogy, that gives the democrats a chance to gain serve in the 2020 election. that means they need a message that includes these people and doesn't exclude them again. and that's a real open question. the sort of things that senator schumer was talking about. generally blue collar conservatives do not have a problem with corporate tax cuts. they would prefer something that's more direct that helps them, but they don't buy into the message of this helps the wealthy and the plutocrat. that mobilizes core democrats, it doesn't speak directly to blue collar republicans. the

that donald trump took from democrats is going to take a bigger tent within the democratic party. republicans have failed to realize that. shunned moderates and diversity in the party and as result, party is defined by trumpism. >> that's absolutely right and because this election was so close, going to see new wave of republicans saying i'm not running for re-election. opens up can of worms. candidates that step in might be more volatile than we have now. >> thanks for joining us. coming up in pennsylvania 18, trump, candidates themselves? that's next. at the marine mammal center, the environment is everything. we want to do our very best for each and every animal, and we want to operate a sustainable facility. and pg&e has been a partner helping us to achieve that. we've helped the marine mammal center go solar, install electric vehicle charging stations, and become more energy efficient. pg&e has allowed us to be the most sustainable organization we can be. any time you help a customer, it's a really good feeling. it's especially so when it's a customer that's doing such good a

democrats wanted change despite the democratic turnout and we've seen that across the board for thet several months. >> so if you are sitting there as rcc chairs and you are sitting there going -- i think paul ryan is less republican -- or devin nunes is less republican and there is unique -- >> they are in couple ben-- incumbents and that makes a difference. >> but how nervous are you. >> they've seen this coming. most of the members got elukted running against obama and now they have to defend -- >> they've run in a year like this before. >> they've never seen this before and i said this at the republican conference, they would weather the storm and some there are nothing they can do but they have to run good campaigns and open seats are vulnerable in this environment as we saw yesterday. >> so what i think has to be a problem is that this is -- this is the type of district that you thought, well trump could help. >> i think he did help. i think had he not gone in, it would have -- >> okay. but he could help a little bit. he helps a little bit with turnout. but you still have a sw

democrat running is somewhere between a hillary clinton democrat and the joe manchin democrat. but we're going back to steve kornacki at this point. >> i haven't added enough wrinkles. i'm going to add one more there is two x factors. one is the remaining outstanding vote. no change in that since the last time i came on. two, then, the absentee situation. now let me give you three. state law in pennsylvania calls for a recount if the final margin in a race is within half a percentage point. 0.5. well, these are not the exact numbers. the exact numbers right now are conor lamb, 49.9%. and rick saccone, 49.5%. so right now a gap of .4. .5 allows for a recount. so there is a possibility here that this ends up with a recount. there is also the possibility of course that the absentees are really good to lamb and that obviates the situation there is also the possibility the remaining vote is strong for saccone and he ends up winning this thing. that's the other thing to keep in mind, within half a point. >> and we've got the recount music ready to go if it comes to that. jonathan alt

a red state democrat, or a conservative democrat because they are all pelosi democrats.eak on crime, weak on terrorism and weak on national defense. [applause] on terrorism, in iraq and syria, we've taken back almost 100% and a very short period of time a land that they took and in all took place since our election. democrats like to campaign as moderates, but they always govern like radicals. that is why i am going to campaign all across this country to elect republicans so we can reduce taxes and further reduce crime, increase jobs, and make our communities safe and prosperous and secure. i'll be all over the country. you'll get me all over. you're going to get me all over the country and i'll be complaining every single trip, but i'm going to get there. we're going to keep criminals off our streets and we're going to keep terrorists the hill out of our country. [applause] our opponents are feeling the most candidates they've had in a quarter century. many have not held office before which means it will be easy for them to conceal their true beliefs. they won't know an

i've worked with democrats.nothing that will make voters just change the channel than looking at something where they're talking like they're already part of washington. you need to talk about actually what you believe in, how you're going to be tough on things, you're going to get things done. people are still mad at washington. even though trump is in the white house, there's a lot of dysfunction. >> one of the things that happens in these is you're worried -- there was a lot of concern in the party, can a conor lamb take advantage of the energized democrats while still reaching over and appealing to republicans? would there be sort of a -- you know, less energy on the democratic side? that's clearly not happening either. it didn't happen in alabama either. in fact, we had massive turnout on the democratic side. it's actually possible to have all this energy on the democratic side at the same time with the right messenger pull in enough republicans or at least scare the -- >> 65% of the vote in. conor lamb ahe

under a democratic house, what would a budget look like? would it balance, and how would it differ from the republican priorities we have seen over the past -- well, in the house now, several years? rep. yarmuth: thanks for that question. i think a couple of things i am very confident of. one is you would see a lot more attention paid to the revenue side of the budget. we would look very carefully at the trillion dollars a year in tax expenditures, many of which provide no public benefit. i think we would review the new tax law, and there would be a significant number of changes there. we have already seen just in the last few days announcements from the treasury as to how much the -- how much the deficit has increased just in the last couple of months, and it's largely due to a reduction in revenue. the republicans while they have , been in charge have looked exclusively not just at the expense side of the budget but pretty much just at the domestic expense side. and we would be looking, i think, much more carefully at the defense budget a

there's still democrats down there and he is a democrat they can vote for. >> a democrat to vote forat. because the last time there was a democrat in that seat was 15 years ago or something. i mean, it's not -- you can't really compare those things. this wasn't even on the radar for the democratic party. this was not a place they even saw as being in play. >> we've got to take a quick break. we're tracking the votes in pennsylvania. conor lamb with his largest lead yet. 13% of the votes in. we'll check with john king when we come back. ♪ ♪ next chapter ♪ your new brother-in-law. you like him. he's one of those guys who always smells good. his 5 o'clock shadow is always at 5 o'clock. you like him. your mom says he's done really well for himself. he has stocks and bonds your dad wants to go fishing with him. your dad doesn't even like fishing. you like your brother-in-law. but you'd like him better if you made more money than he does. don't get mad at your brother-in-law. get e*trade ♪ directv now gives you more for your thing. your letting go thing. your sorry not sorry thing. your ou

there are going to be traditional democratic seats were nancy pelosi is going 20 democratic nominee to fall into line if they are going to win, but then they're going to be races like this where they will say, got to go your own way. this is a district donald trump carried by 20 points. i know you're not going to support me. >> check into the chapter and verse, all these races in the past, really the landscape of the democrats change. the blue dog democrats, the moderate democrats, started to be erased in the big equation here, and this guy, conor lamb, is more like them. and if, as a party, they decided that that is the equation that they need to have and actually recruit candidates like him, then they have a really good chance of picking up the needed seats to take over the house. but if the inclination is to go my left, as the national party seems to want to do, you're going to have a hard time in a district like pennsylvania 18. >> ed: absolutely. guy benson, townhall.com, joins us as well. guy, as you look at this, what were your expectations going in and now customer guy is still

obviously, democrats are not in .osition to pass a budget you certainly have put forth priorities. seen on what we have politically over the last few months and certainly in the last week in pennsylvania, i think there is a growing expectation that democrats may be in position to take back the house next year. if that is, in fact, the case, what do you see for the fiscal ? ture for the federal budget under a democratic house, what would a budget look like? would it balance, and how would it differ from the republican priorities we have seen over the past -- well, in the house now, several years. for thatuth: thanks question. a couple of things i am very confident of -- one is you would see a lot more attention paid to the revenue side of the budget. we would look very carefully at the trillion dollars a year in tax expenditures, many of which provide no public benefit. i think we would review the new be aaw, and it would significant number of changes there. we have already seen just in the last few days announcements

but it's also a voice that i think the democrats have not been listening to the democrats are going to have to prove they're more than new york and more than california and maybe this guy gave them a road map steve how about it. well i think ed's absolutely right and i give kudos to you holland for at the beginning putting this in perspective because there's no worse fake news than fake news by omission and that's what the networks practice in this country you talked about how obama lost sixty four house seats in his first midterm the most since one nine hundred forty eight you talked about bill clinton of course also and obama last night senate seats in the second midterm that was the most in midterm history so if trump loses a significant amount of seats in the house and senate which i don't think he'll lose much of the senate at all it's to be expected now as far as as mr lamb goes he did run on some things he ran on being against right to work state he was for the tariffs that trump put in and he had to support the massive support of eighty thousand union workers in that distric

show itself the social democrats and cool for from the c.s.u. which is a part of the conservative bloc watching those proceedings was. political editor at me kind of proof now let me now draw her in she is at the paul little house which is one of the buildings linked to the german parliament there was a great sense of location as we were watching that agreement being signed remind us as to why this is such a significant moment here in germany. but a huge sigh of relief if you can hear people mumbling behind me there were actual several rounds of applause after we saw the leaders of the executives is this those three parties signing off on this document which looks like a book because it is it has one hundred seventy seven pages well this it took six months to get to the point that many probably felt would have been the natural outcome looking at the results of those past elections in september where quite clearly the only two parties or the two blocs that could have formed a coalition from the word go was the c.d.u. c.s.u. union of german chance

i am so proud to be a democrat. the people who came up and spoke to you this morning, you saw america at its best. we see it elsewhere, we see it everywhere we go. the work you are doing to elect people day in and day out. this is indeed the most critical stress test on our democracy, perhaps in our nations history. democrats are stepping to the plate to make sure we take back our democracy. sincee flipped 39 seats president trump took office. we are winning elections coast to coast, including that remarkable victory and alabama. i want to take the alabama democratic party, the black caucus, i was so proud we have been involved in that case. we know that victory would never have happened without the organizing power down there and without african american women as the backbone of the democratic already. 98% to voted for doug jones. octoberou recall last when of the videos we had. a video about doug. he was not on the map as much. i wanted to make sure he was on --r map that last thought october. he is the real deal.

democrats. >> reciprocity will happen. >> are they in danger? >> to answer your question, i think the president himself needs to say more. he hasn't said anything. he goes after his own attorney general more than he does putin. there's a view that the president needs to directly confront -- not call him up -- >> is that fair? look back at his predecessors, obama. would you say this president is doing more than he did to be tough on russia? >> no. i think the administration is taking the right steps recently, but no. i think obama was very clear with putin. meetings, private meetings, public meetings. i have not heard the president get up there and say hey, putin, you have to stop this. that means a lot to a russian leader like putin who is on this predator role around the globe. >> so when you say you feel like president obama did more, but he was in a position, the former president, to say russia was needs to be done as critical as it has been for republicans. >> you know, russia during the oba

the president embraced the democratic proposals democratic-backed proposal when , it comes to gun control. i wonder should democrats seize this opportunity, make a deal with the president, or do you have doubts about whether you can trust him to follow through on these things he says at that meeting? tom: this is like charlie brown and the football. you put the football and lucy pulls it out. we saw this with the dreamers. leadinghis remarkably with senator durbin he said he wanted to help the dreamers. we see this with gun issues. we see it with this off-the-cuff statement about trade enforcement. he is just not reliable. that is the problem we have here. it's a problem for the american people, problem for the american workers. he tells the carrier plant he will save those outs and those jobs are gone. he told dreamers i will pass the clean dream act. common sense gun violence reduction measures and the second commitment cannot coexist. -- second amendment cannot coexist. i just don't have much faith in him. he met with the an that same day. you saw him backtracking within hours. susan:

the democrats are feeling somewhat energized. i think they feel that they want to fight trump, so they were going to go against rick. even if some of them might have like rick. >> what they feel about conor lamb being more moderate? >> i don't think he is as moderate as they are proclaiming. i had a chance to meet him one on one. i am in the coal industry, and i asked him about that, particularly the governor, go against his party and vote for coal, and he would not give us a straight answer. he said, i'm going to boat for energy. that told me he is going to follow the party rule to keep coal down and keep the war on coal going. >> are you going to be watching this very closely? are you going to get any sleep tonight? >> i'm going to get up right away, i have to get up at 6:00 anyway, about an hour drive to get home right now. a little bit of sleep, then first thing in the morning, putting talks on to see what happens. >> david, thank you so much, your sentiments are wonderful. thank you for sticking around for a quick interview.

the democrats took over.hey were really blue dog democrats just like -- >> but tonight, jack. >> -- conor lamb. but just like him. look at him. he's pro gun. he's personally pro life. he's pro tariffs. he's pro tax cuts. he's pro coal. he's really out of step with the democrat party. >> that's not true. so let me -- >> well, excuse me, symone. but those are all his positions. >> but it's not true that he's out of step with the democratic party. so look, no one is anti-coal. no one is anti-tax cuts when it's -- when -- >> let mer finish. she was quiet while you spoke. go ahead. zbln tax cuts for the wealthiest americans, which is what this tax bill is. a tax bill that's not popular, by the way, which is why republicans, particularly in this pennsylvania district, started rining away from the tax bill. this is what i think folks are mission tonight, don. the democratic party is a party of a number of factions that have organized under an umbrella of a shared set of values if you will. not a shared set of issues

so the pressure mounting from democrats. again, seems like the democrat's digging in. as a quick reminder, kellyanne conway helped president trump, candidate trump, win the election. she came on. she helped him to really direct his messaging in the final months of the campaign. she really helped him to reach out to harness the support of women voters. she's been here since day one, throughout the transition. she's been working on his opoid, the opoid effort, has really spearheaded the effort here at the white house. there's been a number of recent articles, craig, noting she's one of his few early advisers who stuck with him for this long. so it appears at this point the president not turning his back on kellyanne conway. he's going to have a joint press conference coming up here in a few hours so we'll have a chance to ask him directly, craig. >> kellyanne conway, one of the staunchest most public advocates for this administration. we have reached out to miss conway and if she is listening or watching, which she know she is inclined to do from time to time, we would c

she is not helping the democratic party. i think she should take a long vacation and leave the future of the party to other people. i think the future of the party is not with her and the clearest indication of that is the fact that in the 20 special elections that have taken place so far in 2018, democrats on average have gotten 24 more points than she did. the party of the future is not hillary clinton's party and i get why she wants to keep explaining it but it's not helpful. >> chris: you say you get why she's complaining it. do you think it's bitterness? do you think she's a sore loser. >> i wouldn't use that term. i think this was a hard-fought competition. most people didn't think she was going to lose. i'm not going to analyze why she keeps giving excuses for it. there's probably a time and place for that. but it's not what mitt romney did. it's not what john kerry did. it's not what al gore did. if her goal is to help the party and help us understand how to get white working class men and women back in the midwest,

the national democratic party. they are identifying with the democratic party. in southern a merge politics in the 1960's and 1970's, one of the ways people talk about the southern strategy, one of the famous quotes -- it is not clear if it happened but it is a great story. it is too good to check. it is a story about lyndon johnson. he signed the 1964 civil rights and saidoes to his aid i signed away the south to the republican party for generations. because democrats embrace civil rights, it was going to open up the floodgates of conservative white southerners for the republican party. that is how we tell the story about the republican party. it happened because the democrats supported civil rights and the republican party took off. it is not true. it is not true. republican still had a very hard time winning elections, even in the aftermath, in the late 60's and the 1970's it did not start to shift until the 1980's. the reason is, you had a republican party in the south that was seen as being elite and disconnected in the interest of the white working-class v

like if you were to have a liberal democrat there prefer that over a moderate democrat. i wanted your thoughts on that as well. >> if it's a case that we don't see moderates running because you don't think they can win or because they don't value the office like they used to at the end of the day they just don't run. so we don't really know what's driving this. a lot of the members i spoke with and they don't admit they thought they might lose but they say losing was not a factor, high income reelection rates are also consistent with members getting reelected. however whether or not members like olympia snowe or in what i'm talking about john tanner they could get elected it would be an uphill battle. relatively moderate candidates could certainly win. there have been a ham full of studies the general impression that people have is distasteful and an undesirable situation. i think it is the case that relatively moderate candidates could win. is it that only very conservative republicans can win or could we have people who are a little bit more moderate than party leaders

our democratic friends don't seem to share that notion. the democratic leader in the house called these historic tax cuts, quote, probably one of the worst bills in the history of the united states of america. here in the senate, my democratic colleagues' predictions were equally dire. my friend, the democratic leader, offered this assessment. quote, there's nothing about this bill that suits the needs of the american worker. tax reform used to be a shared bipartisan priority. apparently not any more. now our democratic friends seem fully committed to the notion there's no problem washington, d.c. can't solve by raising taxes and imposing more regulations. just last week my friend, the democratic leader, made this clear. he announced he wants to claw back tax reform and have americans send more money to the i.r.s. here is his rationale. there are much better ways to use this money. much better ways to use this money. than for people to keep more of their own money apparently. the unspoken assumption is unmistakable. democratic leaders know

>> i think the democrats, and i say this is a democrat and as a woman, are oftentimes too quick to claimmething is sexist. you know, conor lamb won in pennsylvania right over the border from where i am from on the ohio-pennsylvania border because he resonated with the voters of his community. they think that wasn't involved, washington did not have the footprint in that district, and that is why he was successful, albeit a very narrow margin, but i think that if there is anything that should be gleaned from that race, it is that it is important to have a candidate that reflects the values of the district paid when somebody calls out nancy pelosi, it is less about calling her out as an individual and more about calling out what she stands for, and that is elitism, which was not resonated with traditional democrats and moderate republicans. >> ed: charlie, i've got another moment for you. nancy pelosi herself weighed in on this and we added a little bit to it. watch. >> this is a bankruptcy of the republican party. they are devoid of ideas about how they are going to meet the needs of the

i want to know if this is the way democrats are. it's racist to call all mexican the same type of people but democrats say if you hate the mexican has are sent here with guns and drugs then you hate all mexicans that chose to come here because all mexicans are the same. it's racist to call obama a black chimpanzee but the democrats call an orange orangutan because he's norwegian. it's sexual harassment to harass a woman for the size of her breasts but it's democrats to harass trump on the size of his hands. >> i think we've got your point, richard. >> well, it was president trump in his campaign announcement speech that called mexicans rapists and murderers. that wasn't me. i think one can reasonably infer from what he said that he has a rather dim view of the people of mexico. i think that's a reasonable conclusion to draw. >> phil, independent, go ahead. >> caller: thanks for taking my call. you made an observation about the current volatility within the administration specifically about the lack of ambassadors sitting with the un

we, democratic congressman -- next week, democratic congressman, groups mobilizing to stop them. he's a democrat. your mutual in that race. is there a place for someone like this in the democratic party, someone who has a choice consistently since are many democrats who play an important role in the democratic party who have a different view on that. i want joe manchin to get reelected, and we're working hard to make sure that happens. i think the democratic party has that place. at the same time, i'm on her platform. is platform clearly is -- simply not just a matter of roe v. wade. it's also a matter of economic empowerment. i very much believe in that platform. at the same time, i also want to make sure joe manchin gets reelected. >> when you have a primary like that, we've learned of the d&c that when you are in perception time to put the thumb on the scale in the primary, that can undermine public confidence. that's why we've been neutral. >> every question jammed ask was about financials you have. i wonder, some of that reflects continuing wounds from the primaries, preside

lamb positioned himself as a moderate democrat that would not become democrat nancy pelosi. saccone saying his opponent won't support the president's policies. >> when he gets there, he will vote with the democratic party 100%. we can't have that if we're going to implement the trump agenda, then we have to stick with the president. i've always been for that agenda. i was elected on that agenda in 2010 and i've been fighting for it. >> democrat connor lamb going out of his way today to say the race is not up to president trump. >> i just know that we have worked extremely hard. i'm proud of the people that worked with me. this is a local race. people are voting for me or rick saccone. >> president trump making his preference known tweeting the economy is raging at an all-time high and is set to get better. jobs and wages up. vote for rick saccone and keep it going. so what does the outcome of this election say about the president? >> it says people in 2018 will pick between rick saccone and connor lamb. we shouldn't look much into this. everybody wants to say this election i

to democrat. it is a different story in different parts of the country and the truth is, we talk about the rise of moderate conservatism but in many cases, that can overstate the degree to ,hich it is a much more contentious political environment. it is not that conservatism becomes dominant. a lot of the states become swing states since the 1980's. yes. >> would you say that reagan set the president -- precedent for the southern strategy and the balance between eating in conservative and moderate over -- being conservative and moderate over his term? >> i would not say reagan was the first. i point to reagan because this a instant will be discussed in shorthand as a example. these were things that goldwater was dealing with, right? these were things of that richard nixon would deal with and the tension of how far do you go to the right. you see it with other republican candidates. that has been the story throughout a lot of republican presidential campaigning. usede h.w. bush famously his souther

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vote democrat and a democrat candidate who came close to running as a pro trump democrat.ed to have in a race like this and why the election is so close. >> mitt romney won the district by 17, always had a pretty comfortable race. would you agree this is a real warning sign for republicans that if democrats does put hillary clinton on the ticket and put somebody who seems reasonable on the ticket they have a very good chance of running the table. >> the mistake we could make is this is an aberration, anomaly, whatever you want to call it there are a lot of messages in here but it is important to understand there were some distinctions. tim murphy was a prounion republican, voted for card check and other things so unions were happy to have a republican to support and often times did. succone was more conservative on those issues. and people were very mixed on the tax cuts and here's a tax cut where 90% of taxpayers get more money in their take-home pay but seem next on it. the real signal is as republicans we have not always done a good enough job with our successes. >> tha

the evidence the democrats have of collusion is?> what matters is what robert mueller has, not with the house intelligence committee has. not at all with the house intelligence committee has, because this is been a partisan exercise that republicans -- we just heard one republican admit that russians are attacking us and at the russian embassy here in the united states uses one of our own republican representatives words against the united states. >> ed: that's their choice. they can tweet whatever they want. the bottom line is you are still not answering the question, which is what is the evidence? i will give you a chance, chris and then we will go back to ethan. where is the evidence? >> there is no evidence of collusion, which is why we've got adam schiff and all of these extraneous comments that have nothing to do with russian collusion and the russian collusion is no longer the standard and honestly there is no evidence of russian collusion, and i think at this point everybody knows it. they know it at "saturday night live." i

he's running -- >> he's a democrat. >> he's a democrat but -- >> he may be so far right that he feels like an independent to you. but he's a democrat. >> but he's running somewhat independent of the national party, which is very important in districts like this, and secondly, he is running on his own platform and on his own message. this shows the importance of recruitment in so many districts. it's going back to the 06 cycle. we recruited candidates like heath shuler and pro life. >> and let this be a lesson to the voters. as much has this particular candidate would love to have everybody convinced they're not going to go in there and support pelosi by electing him, it takes them one step closing to putting her closer -- >> when you talk about, okay, he's going to run separate from the national, i would assume that's because democrats are doing a bad job at fund-raising right now. you guys are struggling on a national level. so you take the politics back local. republicans are not struggling as much. or at all the you look nationally, they're bringing it in. >> they're winning there.

that's the democratic process.ertainly, there will potentially -- we have already seen a lot of marches across the isntry, democratic activism probably the highest i have seen during theor 2008 iraq war in particular. it seems to get democratic votes and activism up. you are seeing democracy of work, how people can disagree on the actual speech and how people are going to for being personal or going outside the bounds of proper discourse but people are concerned in this country right now. people are worried about what they are seeing at the white house. and there is a lot of angst out there that is translating into politics. we will see potentially in the next few weeks. --actually try and -- trent let's see if it translates into votes. that will be an issue in september. >> the parallel of the tea party movement is that you are seeing this tremendous activism and energy from the base. back then it was the republican party and now it's the democrats but there is also a concern that that energy may be channeled into

vote democrat and a democrat candidate who came close to running as a pro trump democrat.you need to have in a race like this and why the election is so close. >> mitt romney won the district by 17, always had a pretty comfortable race. would you agree this is a real warning sign for republicans that if democrats does put hillary clinton on the ticket and put somebody who seems reasonable on the ticket they have a very good chance of running the table. >> the mistake we could make is this is an aberration, anomaly, whatever you want to call it there are a lot of messages in here but it is important to understand there were some distinctions. tim murphy was a prounion republican, voted for card check and other things so unions were happy to have a republican to support and often times did. succone was more conservative on those issues. and people were very mixed on the tax cuts and here's a tax cut where 90% of taxpayers get more money in their take-home pay but seem next on it. the real signal is as republicans we have not always done a good enough job with our successes.

in summit favors democrats and others, democrats -- republicans. stop doing it. use neutral principles. sometimes argued, well, they comply with traditional principles. these districts are more compact. they don't look as gerrymandered as the original eldritch gary gerrymandered. with modern computers it is very easy to draw compact districts, contiguous districts, districts ,hat don't divide counties municipalities, and still screw one political party or the other. to show how successful it is, the clinical report reported the 2016 elections were the least competitive congressional elections since they have been keeping records since the mid-1980's. congressional district out of 435 were classified as competitive, which meant by their definition, they were decided within a margin of plus or -2%. in my own state of georgia, of 180 house seats, 80% did not have a general election opponent. why? it was not worth the filing fee for the other party to run a candidate in that district. of 14 congressional districts in 2016, only five of the 14 did not have a general e

i'm a pennsylvania democrat. a proud western pennsylvania democrat. this is the party of my grandfather. he believed in fdr, who taught us all -- he taught us all that people have a right to know that their government walks on their side of the street. what that means is, i'll work on the problems our people face. secure their jobs and pensions, protect their families. and i will work with anyone to do that. we're practical people. we're serious people. and tonight, we celebrate regaining our voice and our vote in the great business of governing this country we love. thank you. >>> the waiting continues. we are waiting for ballots, absentee ballots, to be counted in washington county. remember, 579 votes, that's the lead for the democrat conor lamb right now. there are basically 1,200 absentee ballots in washington county. they're doing two things, one of them takes awhile, one of them is pretty quick. one is a hand count of the ballots. the other one is a scan. it's a very close race, they want to be very thorough. what we're told is there are 40 pre

it was something where republicans and democrats came passed witha bill democratic and republican votesspending -- wede increased spending for the military, for domestic programs, and we were able to do that as we removed the so-called sequestration. but it was a thing that was negotiated. -- it was harder than a white house negotiation because it seems like they changed their mind every 20 minutes. first, the president would not sign anything unless you put in $25 billion for $30 billion for last century's technology and some kind of wall on the border of mexico. he had given the solemn promise to the electorates that he would build a wall because mexico would pay for it. someone suggested if that was the case, why don't we just open up a bank account as the money comes in from mexico, we build the wall. of course, we did not build the wall, and he is somewhat unhappy about that. >> let me introduce two reporters. andrew taylor from associated --ss and ezra -- from >> the president took to twitter to say democrats gave up a potentially good deal on these dreamer immigrants, daca. how c

they didn't even inform the democrats. they allowed them to go on tv and talk about how unfair this process is. that's a shame. that's their duty when it comes to intelligence. it shouldn't be politicized. even if it is, you should fight and bend over backwards to make it look like you are trying to be nonpartisan. they didn't do that. as a result, you had congressman rooney go out on tv. one of the republicans. saying you're right. the rails have come off. this is a political forum for people to leak information. they're not on the same page. mike conway, trey gowdy. i think it makes them look terrible. that said, democrats are gonna take that opportunity to keep talking about why this fell apart while everyone else is just waiting for senate intel and special counsel mueller. >> dana: all right. thank you for joining us. one of the gop's favorite targets but is slamming nancy pelosi a winning strategy for republicans looking to keep their seats in november? okay folks! let's team up to get the lady of the house back on h

when we look at the democrats this figure shows a number of democratic across the same different types of districts. the numbers echo those on the republican side. a larger number of candidates like john tanner ran in conservative districts and in districts with the most conservative democratic partisans. in a smaller man number ran in the most liberal districts the general pattern as an is an individual like john tanner. 5% were at least as moderate as a john tanner. we would expect to see more variation across different types of congressional districts. so i just want to reiterate here that the previous results highlighted two main patterns for ideological moderates. in the congressional pipeline and state legislative office are less likely to run for congress to not talk about those who retire. they are less likely to run. it reaches its height among ideologues it matters for recent changes in polarization. in the final part of the talk i want to briefly demonstrate the broader applicability of this general argument that i'm making to questions beyond polarization. i will show you i

a middle american democrat humphrey who who was the mainstream democrats you don't think nancy pelosi is liberal no no no so what way is she not so larry it isn't so much about any particular issue as it is about. this systemic problems in democratic party so when you asked nancy pelosi why should you be the leader of the democrats in the house she says because i raise the most money now in the old system they was the only thing she's no no that is literally what she said she said i raise the most amount of money and i get it to the my fellow democrats and that's the most important thing and and and reality to actual progress in the country what that says is i am the most corrupt i am the ones i'm the one willing to go to the rich and the corporations and tell them what do you need because the democratic party will deliver it for you instead of the voters where in her voting would you back that up with. barely challenge bush the entire time the bush was in charge barely laid a glove on how much of a glove are the democrats laying on trump now what are they doing there do you regulatin

host: gym, on the democrat line. on the democrat line. caller: congressman i heard you say putin does not like democracy. i do not think russia was ever intended to be a democracy. when they went to the revolution 1917 -- there was no mention of democracy like our country. russia is a completely different country, so do not know why you would think that the -- that democracy,s in a we don't. we pledge allegiance of the flag , into -- and to the republic for which it stands, not democracy. guest: first what was referring in 1991, the time of the fall of the berlin wall on christmas day in the early 1990's. it was in 91 when the soviet union officially ceased to exist. all of us in the west were very optimistic and hopeful that we would now have a democracy. and for a brief. in the 1990's russia had a democracy. as part of the united states i do believe we have a democracy, it is imperfect, we are constantly doing the work of improving it, yes we do have a small republican form of government, but that does not conflict with the fact that we

opposed by every republican and some democrats in the democratic party will be even more stuff going into a 2020. i agree the most important thing but it will also be bad for the democrats unless there is clear and convincing evidence of these events and useful able to do this played outhisplayed out inn party in the field of impeachment of a guy that had sex with an intern in the hallway off of the oval office and then lied about it costing him his license. even got overplayed and ended up finding themselves in 2000 how do we have a candidate that stood up and said i'm going to make this an issue in the campaign and bill clinton's behavior it would have been more damaging to the party, but instead, george bush refused to talk about it at all and simply said he would restore the honor to the white house and thereby avoiding the issue. but it could have done damage to us in 200 2000 and did it a lote damage to the democrats in 2020. >> i would like to add here that standing back and looking at these various trends and exactly the kind of thing karl was talking about it makes me feel l

let's talk about what defined the democratic party right now. 70% of the democratic base -- democratt to begin impeachment proceedings. is that what it takes to be a democrat? >> no. that is not what defines the democratic party. with the funds -- the democratic party is a -- is that we are the party of working people and we are the parties that favors government having a safety net and government making an even playing field and government making -- as the helper of last resort. when people play by the rules and work hard, they should be able to get along in this country. >> impeachment is a big topic for democratic voters. 70% want to begin proceedings. there is a very strong anti-donald trump sentiment among democratic voters who find his presidency to be abhorrent. in fact, impeachment seemed to defi define effort for the judiciary committee. let me read what the new york times said last september. as our constitutional expert and with his demonstrated leadership on impeachment in the '90s, nadler is the strongest member to lead a potential impeachment. he wrote on a pocket size

colleagues at democratic governor's association. i'm proud of the work we do with the ds and the d triple c. but every alphabet in that alphabet soup are partners is important and i'm proud to work with all of them. by the way, my good friend john curry is now presiding over new jersey that no longer has chris christie. i was proud to be up there with you, mr. chairman. we lift up democrats across the board. phil murphy is kicking butt. he is taking back the progressive values that chris christie took away. and it's not just phil murphy. i remember going to new jersey with chairman curry. we went down state in the belly of the more conservative parts of the state. mammoth county, i believe it was. a guy named vin paul, who if he came here today, he would say what you said to yourselves after all these speaksers, this guy's got game. he wasn't supposed to win. because nobody wins in that district. well they were wrong. seven-point upset victory for paul. that is real work. i was in washington state last week, my friends. and you know

i'm in the world do democrats say no to that? think we want to see that if they vote against that. >> jessica: i'm sure you well on the president will see that happen. it will be incredibly difficult especially if you even look at this wall system has an infrastructure project in and of itself and you're saying you're hiring more border security and that something that has been in the system. >> harris: connecticut is one appointed because i think this is interesting. a senior democrat eight is telling fox news if the president vetoes the bill, it is the republicans problem. this would be a huge loss to republicans especially how they trumpeted these hikes for weeks now. i think it's complicated for senator mitch mcconnell. he said the biggest victories in the spending bill list yesterda yesterday. >> pete: they try to say it was going to be the republicans fault last time but quite clearly. if of course they are already being slammed in this. the president's achilles' heel is in all of this is a his love of the military has desi